Propagation and retention of viscoelastic surfactants following matrix acidizing treatments in carbonate cores

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Formation Damage Control

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 786-797

  Yu, M ^a   Mahmoud, M A ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; ADDITIVES; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLOODS; MICELLES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TITRATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CALCIUM CONCENTRATION; CORE FLOOD EXPERIMENTS; INITIAL PERMEABILITY; INJECTION FLOW RATE; MATERIAL BALANCE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TWO-PHASE TITRATIONS; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77954228766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/128047-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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