A new process for manufacturing and stabilizing high-performance EOR surfactants at low cost for high-temperature, high-salinity oil reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1233-1241

  Adkins, Stephanie ^a   Liyanage, Pathma J ^a   Arachchilage, Gayani W P Pinnawala ^a   Mudiyanselage, Thilini ^a   Weerasooriya, Upali ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL INDUSTRY; ALCOHOL STRUCTURE; ALKOXYLATION; ETHYLENE OXIDES; HIGH COSTS; HIGH PURITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; LOW COSTS; NEW PROCESS; OIL RESERVOIRS; PROPYLENE OXIDE; SULFATE SURFACTANTS; UNREACTED MONOMERS;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COSTS; DIMERIZATION; ETHYLENE; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MONOMERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPYLENE; STRIPPING (DYES);

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77954198639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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