Application of internal olefin sulfonates and other surfactants to EOR. Part 1: Structure - Performance relationships for selection at different reservoir conditions

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 663-678

  Barnes, Julian R ^a   Dirkzwager, Henk ^a   Smit, Jasper R ^a   Smit, Johan P ^a   On, An ^a   Navarrete, Reinaldo C ^a   Ellison, Bob H ^a   Buijse, Marten A ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b Shell International Exploration and Production BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROEMULSIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OLEFINS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND HIGH-SALINITY RESERVOIRS; INTERNAL OLEFIN SULFONATES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; STRUCTURE PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77954247613     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/129766-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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