Twin-tailed surfactants for creating CO2-in-water macroemulsions for sweep enhancement in CO2-EOR

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 14th Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2010, ADIPEC 2010

Volumn 2, Issue , 2010, Pages 1156-1163

  Sanders, Aaron W ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^b   Nguyen, Nhut M ^b   Adkins, Stephanie S ^b   Johnston, Keith P ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; GASOLINE; GLYCEROL; OIL WELL FLOODING; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INHOMOGENEITIES; MOBILITY REDUCTION; OIL DISPLACEMENT; SECONDARY ALCOHOLS; SERVICE COMPANIES; SURFACTANT STRUCTURE; SWEEP EFFICIENCY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 79952790632     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137689-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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