New insights into polymer rheology in porous media

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 130-140

  Seright, R S ^a   Fan, Tianguang ^a   Wavrik, Kathryn ^a   Balaban, Rosangela De Carvalho ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

APPARENT SHEARS; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; POLYMER COMPONENTS; POLYMER RHEOLOGY; RESISTANCE FACTORS; SHEAR THICKENING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77954302541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/129200-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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