Development of surfactants for chemical flooding at difficult reservoir conditions

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 435-452

  Barnes, Julian R ^a   Smit, Johan P ^a   Smit, Jasper R ^a   Shpakoff, P Gregory ^a   Raney, Kirk H ^a   Puerto, Maura C ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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