Gelation kinetics and performance evaluation of an organically crosslinked gel at high temperature and pressure

SPE Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-345

  Al Muntasheri, Ghaithan A ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Zitha, Pacelli L J ^b  

^a Saudi Arabian Oil Company

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATION; GELS; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CROSSLINKER CONCENTRATION; DEGREE OF HYDROLYSIS; GELATION KINETICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE; POLYACRYLAMIDE(PAM); POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; STRUCTURE OF THE POLYMERS;

CROSSLINKING;

EID: 53749094307     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/104071-PA     Document Type: Article

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