Alkyl polyglycoside-sorbitan ester formulations for improved oil recovery

Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 280-287

  Wu, Y ^a,b   Iglauer, S ^a,c   Shuler, P ^a   Tang, Y ^a   Goddard III, W A ^d  

^a Power Environmental Energy Research Institute   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkyl polyglycoside; Chemcial flood; Cosurfactants; Enhanced oil recovery; Sorbitan ester; Span; Surfactant flood; Tween; Ultra low interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

ESTERS; FLOODS; KAOLINITE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKYL POLYGLYCOSIDE; CO-SURFACTANTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; SORBITAN ESTERS; SPAN; SURFACTANT FLOODS; TWEEN; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77957760711     PISSN: 09323414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3139/113.110078     Document Type: Article

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