Oil recovery performance of surfactant solutions and adsorption in sandstone

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-90

  Curbelo, F D S ^a   Neto, E L Barros ^a   Dutra Jr , T V ^a   Dantas, T N Castro ^b   Garnica, A I C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade Natalense para o Desenvolvimento do Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Critical micelle concentration; Nonionic surfactant; Oil recovery; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

ETHOXYLATION DEGREES; OIL RECOVERY;

SANDSTONE;

EID: 38849204811     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460600705790     Document Type: Article

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