Geochemical modeling and experimental evaluation of high-pH floods: Impact of Water-Rock interactions in sandstone

Fuel

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 216-230

  Kazempour, Mahdi ^a   Sundstrom, Eric ^a   Alvarado, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline flood; Anhydrite; Chemical flooding; Oil recovery; pH buffering

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FLOODS; ANHYDRITE; CHEMICAL FLOODING; OIL RECOVERIES; PH BUFFERING;

DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PH EFFECTS; POLYMER BLENDS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 80055057233     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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