Comparative effectiveness of alkaline flooding and alkaline-surfactant flooding for improved heavy-oil recovery

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2911-2919

  Pei, Haihua ^a   Zhang, Guicai ^a   Ge, Jijiang ^a   Tang, Mingguang ^a   Zheng, Yufei ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE FLOODING; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; AQUEOUS PHASE; CHEMICAL FLOODING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DROPLET FLOW; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MICROMODEL TESTS; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; THERMAL METHODS; VISCOUS FINGERING; VISCOUS OIL; WATER PHASE; WATER-IN-OIL;

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TERTIARY RECOVERY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84861706596     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300206u     Document Type: Conference Paper

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