Investigation into the processes responsible for heavy oil recovery by alkali-surfactant flooding

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1416-1428

  Bryan, J ^a   Mai, A ^a   Kantzas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FLOODS; CHEMICAL INJECTIONS; CORE FLOODS; FLOODED CHANNELS; HEAVY OIL RECOVERIES; HEAVY OILS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERIES; IN-SITU; LOW FIELDS; OIL RECOVERIES; PRESSURE INCREASES; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SATURATION MEASUREMENTS; SWEEP EFFICIENCIES; VENEZUELA; VISCOUS HEAVY OILS; VISCOUS OILS; W/O EMULSIONS; WATER CHANNELS; WATER EMULSIONS; WATER WETS; WETTABILITY ALTERATIONS;

ALKALINITY; EMULSIFICATION; FLOODS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; METAL RECOVERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THEOREM PROVING; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 55249105749     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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