Advanced viscoelastic surfactant gels for high-density completion brines

Society of Petroleum Engineers - 9th European Formation Damage Conference 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 528-534

  Van Zanten, Ryan ^a   Ezzat, Dodie ^a  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC SCREENING; FRAC PACKS; GRAVEL PACKING; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGH-DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY COMPLETION BRINES; LABORATORY WORK; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MICELLAR GROWTH; NANO-METER SCALE; OPPOSITELY CHARGED SURFACTANTS; POLYMER GELS; PRODUCTION ZONES; SURFACTANT AGGREGATES; VISCOELASTIC SURFACTANTS; VISCOSIFIERS;

ELASTICITY; GELS; HYDROCARBONS; OIL WELL DRILLING; PELLETIZING; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

BRINES;

EID: 80052464342     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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