Development of high-performance surfactants for difficult oils

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 828-838

  Zhao, Ping ^a,b   Jackson, Adam C ^a,b   Britton, Chris ^a,b   Kim, Do Hoon ^a,b   Britton, Larry N ^a,b   Levitt, David B ^a,b   Pope, Gary A ^a,b  

^a SPE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 53549091899     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113432-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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