Design and application of a new acid-alkali-surfactant flooding formulation for malaysian reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition 2010, APOGCE 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 614-619

  Elraies, Khaled A ^a   Tan, Isa M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; METAL RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; POSITIVE IONS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEAWATER EFFECTS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; ALKALI-SURFACTANT FLOODING; DESIGN AND APPLICATION; DIVALENT METAL CATIONS; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT FORMULATION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 79952834812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/133005-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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