Impact of organic acids/chelating agents on the rheological properties of an amidoamine-oxide surfactant

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Li, Lingling ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Crews, James B ^b   Hughes, Baker ^a   Cawiezel, Kay E ^a  

^a A and M University in petroleum engineering   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHELATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORROSION; HELIUM; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; JOINING; LACTIC ACID; MICELLES; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PROPIONIC ACID; RHEOLOGY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; VISCOSITY;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY; APPARENT VISCOSITY; CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; DRILLING AND COMPLETION; ELONGATED MICELLES; NUMBER OF CARBON ATOMS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS;

BUTYRIC ACID;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; CHELATING AGENT; DRILLING; GEL; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INHIBITOR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDE; POLYMER; RESERVOIR; RHEOLOGY; SALT; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOELASTIC FLUID; VISCOSITY;

EID: 79952335641     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/128091-pa     Document Type: Article

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