A combinatorial approach for identification of performance EOR surfactants

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1091-1099

  Morvan, M ^a   Koetitz, R ^b   Moreau, P ^b   Pavageau, B ^b   Rivoal, P ^b   Roux, B ^b  

^a SPE ^*

^b Rhodia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTES; MICROEMULSIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AUTOMATED METHODS; BRINE CONCENTRATION; CLASSICAL METHODS; COMBINATORIAL APPROACH; CORE FLOOD EXPERIMENTS; MIDDLE PHASE MICROEMULSIONS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SURFACTANT FORMULATION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 55149106418     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113705-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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