Shear stability of EOR polymers

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 367-373

  Zaitoun, A ^a   Makakou, P ^a   Blin, N ^a   Al Maamari, R S ^b   Al Hashmi, A R ^b   Abdel Goad, M ^b   Al Sharji, H H ^c  

^a Poweltec ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT OMAN   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLATE GROUPS; CHAIN FLEXIBILITY; CHAIN RIGIDITY; CHARGE REPULSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEGRADATION RATE; DEGRADATION TEST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD APPLICATION; FLEXIBLE COILS; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; MOBILITY CONTROL; NEGATIVE CHARGE; POLYACRYLAMIDES; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER MACROMOLECULES; POLYMER PRODUCTS; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; SEMI-RIGID; SHEAR STABILITY; SUBSTITUTION GROUPS; VISCOSITY LOSS; XANTHAN GUM;

CAPILLARY TUBES; DEGRADATION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL FIELDS; POLYACRYLATES; RIGIDITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEARING; STABILITY; VISCOSITY;

SHEARING MACHINES;

EID: 79960281968     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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