Laboratory study of alkyl ether sulfonates for improved oil recovery in high-salinity carbonate reservoirs: A case study

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3655-3660

  Aoudia, Mohamed ^a   Al Maamari, Rashid S ^a   Nabipour, Moein ^b   Al Bemani, Ali S ^a   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL ETHERS; AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DYNAMIC INTERFACIAL TENSION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FASTER RATES; FLOODED ZONES; FLOODING TESTS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; LABORATORY STUDIES; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PORE VOLUME; REMAINING OIL; RESIDUAL OIL; SECONDARY SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; SURFACTANT SYSTEM;

ETHERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TERTIARY RECOVERY;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 77953766970     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100266p     Document Type: Conference Paper

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