Enhanced heavy-oil recovery by alkali-surfactant flooding

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 3642-3654

  Bryan, J ^c   Kantzas, A ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI-SURFACTANT FLOODING; HEAVY OIL SYSTEMS;

ALKALI METALS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 40349089117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/110738-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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