Identification and evaluation of high-performance EOR surfactants

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-253

  Levitt, David B ^a   Jackson, Adam C ^a   Heinson, Christopher ^a   Britton, Larry N ^b   Malik, Taimur ^a   Dwarakanath, Varadarajan ^a   Pope, Gary A ^b  

^a SPE

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROEMULSIONS; OLEFINS; POLYMERS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VISCOSITY;

ALPHA OLEFIN SULFONATES; EQUILIBRATION TIME; IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION; INTERNAL OLEFIN SULFONATES; SCREENING PROCESS; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; SURFACTANT STRUCTURE; WATER SOLUBILIZATION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DOLOMITE; EMULSION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EQUILIBRIUM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; SALINITY; SOLUBILIZATION; SURFACTANT; VISCOSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649518726     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/100089-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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