Transportation and interaction of nano and micro size metal particles injected to improve thermal recovery of heavy-oil

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 2257-2268

  Hamedi Shokrlu, Y ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE CONTENT; ATTRACTIVE FORCE; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; DISPERSANT CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC TESTS; HEAVY OIL; IN-SITU; INJECTIVITY; METAL PARTICLE; MICRON-SIZED PARTICLES; NICKEL NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL PARTICLES; PH VALUE; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS ROCKS; RECOVERY PROCESS; REPULSIVE ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; SOLUTION PH; STEAM SIMULATION; SURFACE CONDITIONS; THERMAL RECOVERY; ULTRA-SONICATION; VAN DER WAALS; XANTHAN GUM; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; EXHIBITIONS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; METAL IONS; NANOPARTICLES; NICKEL; PH EFFECTS; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; STABILIZATION; TESTING; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; ZETA POTENTIAL;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84856650782     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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