Application of cationic surfactant-based fluids for acid diversion

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 124-134

  Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a,b   Al Nakhil, Ayman R ^a   Al Driweesh, Saad M ^a   Welton, Thomas ^c   Sierra, Leopoldo ^c   Van Domelen, Mary ^c  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CORROSION RATE; DYES; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

MATRIX ACID TREATMENT; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; ROTATIONAL VISCOMETER; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

ADDITIVES;

ACID; CATION; CORROSION; GEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RHEOLOGY; SURFACTANT; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 62649168005     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/107687-pa     Document Type: Article

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