Surfactant systems for EOR in high-temperature, high-salinity environments

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 356-375

  Puerto, Maura ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Barnes, Julian R ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKOXY CHAINS; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CLOUD POINT PHENOMENON; COSOLVENTS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; ETHYLENE OXIDES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; N-OCTANES; OIL SOLUBILIZATION; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; OPTIMAL SALINITY; PROPYLENE OXIDE; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SHELL CHEMICALS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; SYNTHETIC SEAWATER; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TEST CASE; TEST RESULTS; TWO LIQUID PHASIS; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION;

BLENDING; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; ETHYLENE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROPYLENE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77954294196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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