A new type of surfactant for enhanced oil recovery

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 585-593

  Pordel Shahri, M ^a   Shadizadeh, S R ^a   Jamialahmadi, M ^a  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

enhanced oil recovery; interfacial tension; pendant drop; saponin; zizyphus spina christi

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; PENDANT DROP; SAPONIN; ZIZYPHUS SPINA CHRISTI;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION;

METABOLITES;

EID: 84857224123     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2010.489093     Document Type: Article

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