Nanoparticle-stabilized supercritical CO2 foams for potential mobility control applications

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1242-1254

  Espinosa, David ^a   Caldelas, Federico ^a   Johnston, Keith ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a   Huh, Chun ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION ENERGIES; AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS; BUBBLE INTERFACES; CO-INJECTING; CO-INJECTION; FOAM GENERATION; FOAM STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MIXTURE FLOW; MIXTURE VISCOSITY; MOBILITY CONTROL; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PORE THROAT; POTENTIAL MOBILITY; RESERVOIR ROCK; SHEAR RATES; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SMALL SIZE; STABLE FOAMS; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; WATER FLOW RATE; WATER SALINITY; WATER VOLUMES;

ADSORPTION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEIONIZED WATER; MIXTURES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77954211009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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