Quantitative analysis of an amphoteric surfactant in acidizing fluids and coreflood effluent

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 865-878

  Yu, M ^a   Mahmoud, Mohamed A ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZING FLUID; ACIDIZING TREATMENT; AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS; CARBOXYBETAINE; CONCENTRATION OF; COREFLOOD; DOWNHOLES; MATRIX ACIDIZING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERS; PROPPANT SUSPENSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPENT ACID; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS; WORM-LIKE MICELLES;

ACIDIZATION; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; OIL FIELDS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITRATION;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 70449646934     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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