Development of surfactants as chemicals for EOR

Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-292

  Ge, Ji Jiang ^a   Zhang, Gui Cai ^a   Jiang, Ping ^a   Sun, Ming Qin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Chemicals for EOR; Developments; EOR (enhanced oil recovery); Performance properties; Review; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348986755     PISSN: 10004092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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