Polymer screening criteria for EOR application - A rheological characterization approach

Society of Petroleum Engineers Western North American Regional Meeting 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 386-396

  Veerabhadrappa, Santhosh K ^a   Urbissinova, Tolkynay S ^a   Trivedi, Japan J ^a   Kuru, Ergun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; RADIAL FLOW; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SHEAR THINNING;

APPLICATION OF POLYMERS; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; NON-NEWTONIAN RHEOLOGY; PARAMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER;

POLYDISPERSITY;

EID: 79961008497     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/144570-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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