Chemical degradation of polyacrylamide polymers under alkaline conditions

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 970-978

  Levitt, David B ^a,b   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

ALKALINITY; FLOODS; HYDROLYSIS; OIL WELL FLOODING; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; VISCOSITY;

ALKALINE CONDITIONS; ALKALINE-SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING; CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; COMPLETE HYDROLYSIS; HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMERS; SENSITIVE COMPONENTS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77954201974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/129879-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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