How to get the best out of hydrophobically associative polymers for IOR? New experimental insights

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 991-1008

  Guillaume, Dupuis ^a   David, Rousseau ^a   René, Tabary ^a   Bruno, Grassl ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b IFP ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED LAYERS; ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS; BRINE FLOW RATE; BRINE INJECTION; CONFORMANCE CONTROL; GRANULAR PACKS; HIGH RESISTANCE; HYDROPHOBICALLY MODIFIED WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS; INJECTIVITY; INTERACTION MECHANISMS; MOBILITY REDUCTION; NEW RESULTS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; POLYACRY LAMIDE; POLYMER FLOODING; POLYMERIC SPECIES; PORE SURFACE; PORE VOLUME; RESIDUAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; ROCK MATRIX; SIDE CHAINS; SURFACE ADSORPTION; WATER SHUT OFF; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

ADSORPTION; EFFLUENTS; HYDROCARBONS; METAL RECOVERY; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WATER INJECTION; WATER TREATMENT; WATERWORKS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77954190422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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