Resolving an enhanced oil recovery challenge: Optimum formulation of a surfactant-oil-water system made insensitive to dilution

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Arandia, María Antonieta ^a   Forgiarini, Ana María ^a   Salager, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anionic nonionic surfactant mixture; Enhanced oil recovery; Insensitive optimum formulation

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SURFACTANTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; NONIONIC; NONIONIC SURFACTANT MIXTURES; NONIONIC SURFACTANT SYSTEMS; OIL-WATER SYSTEM; OPTIMUM FORMULATION;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; MIXTURES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77955921089     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-009-1171-1     Document Type: Article

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