Evaluation and manufacturing quality control of chemicals for surfactant flooding

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1064-1076

  Zhao, Ping ^a   Howes, A J ^a   Dwarakanath, Varadarajan ^a   Thach, Sophany ^a   Malik, Taimur ^a   Jackson, Adam ^a   Karazincir, Oya ^a   Campbell, Curt ^a   Waite, Jeff ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; LABORATORIES; OIL FIELDS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; MANUFACTURING QUALITY CONTROL; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE CRITERION; PROCESS REPEATABILITY; QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY CONTROLS; SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 77954194285     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129892-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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