Comparing the static and dynamic foam properties of a fluorinated and an alpha olefin sulfonate surfactant

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Vikingstad, Anne Kari ^a   Aarra, Morten Gunnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

alpha olefin sulfonate; core flooding experiments; fluorinated surfactant; foam; foam oil interactions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA OLEFIN SULFONATE; ALPHA-OLEFINS; CORE FLOODING EXPERIMENTS; FLUORINATED SURFACTANT; FOAM GENERATIONS; FOAM PROPERTIES; FOAM STABILITIES; FOAM-OIL INTERACTIONS; IN CORES; NORTH SEAS; OIL SATURATIONS; RESIDUAL OIL; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMICS; SULFONATE SURFACTANTS;

ELECTRIC LOAD SHEDDING; EXPERIMENTS; OLEFINS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CRUDE OIL; FLOODING; FOAM; SURFACTANT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 60549108143     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.027     Document Type: Article

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