Rheological properties of a new class of viscoelastic surfactant

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-366

  Li, L ^a   Nasr Ei din, H A ^b   Cawiezel, K E ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BJ SERVICES COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIZATION; ADDITIVES; AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; MICELLES; RHEOLOGY; SALTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

APPARENT VISCOSITY; FRACTURE ACIDIZING; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; POLYMER-BASED SYSTEMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

CORROSION CONTROL; DILUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IRON; METHANOL; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RHEOLOGY; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SURFACTANT; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 77957318884     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/121716-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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