Oil-recovery predictions for surfactant polymer flooding

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 724-735

  Rai, Khyati ^a   Johns, Russell T ^a   Lake, Larry W ^a   Delshad, Mojdeh ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FORECASTING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BOX-BEHNKEN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; CHEMICAL FLOODING; CHEMICAL SIMULATIONS; DIMENSIONLESS GROUPS; RELIABLE ESTIMATES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; THREE-PHASE REGIONS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 78349246322     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/124001-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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