Selection and screening of polymers for enhanced-oil recovery

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1125-1142

  Levitt, David B ^a   Pope, Gary A ^b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL STABILITY; OIL WELL TESTING; POLYMERS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VISCOSITY;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SODIUM DITHIONITE; SODIUM METABORATE;

THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

EID: 55149092836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113845-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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