The effect of redox potential and metal solubility on oxidative polymer degradation

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1048-1063

  Levitt, David B ^a,b   Slaughter, Will ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a   Jouenne, Stephane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; REACTION KINETICS; REDOX REACTIONS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM CARBONATE; SOLUBILITY;

COHERENT FRAMEWORKS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FIELD APPLICATION; IRON SOLUBILITIES; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; POLYMER DEGRADATION; RADICAL REACTIONS; SODIUM DITHIONITE;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77954185887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129890-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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