pH-sensitive polymers for novel conformance control and polymerflood applications

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 758-780

  Choi, Suk Kyoon ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^b   Bryant, Steven L ^b   Huh, Chun ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC CONDITIONS; CHEMICAL COSTS; CONFORMANCE CONTROL; COREFLOOD; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; DEGREE OF HYDROLYSIS; FORMATION MINERAL; GEOCHEMICAL REACTION; HIGH PRESSURE; INJECTED FLUIDS; INJECTION CONDITIONS; INJECTION PRESSURES; INJECTIVITY; KEY FEATURE; NEUTRAL PH; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; PH CONDITION; PH SENSITIVE; PH-SENSITIVITY; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER INJECTION; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER MOLECULE; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SOLUTION VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY CONTROL; WEAK ACIDS; WELLBORE;

ACIDS; ADSORPTION; CAPILLARITY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PH; POLYACRYLATES; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; WATER INJECTION;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 70449728297     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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