Effect of live crude on alkaline/surfactant polymer formulations: Implications for final formulation design

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 352-361

  Southwick, Jeffrey G ^a   Svec, Yi ^a   Chilek, Greg ^a   Shahin, Gordon T ^a  

^a Shell Exploration and Production International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; EMULSIFICATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY;

BEHAVIOR EXPERIMENTS; BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENTS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; FORMULATION DESIGN; HYDROPHILIC SURFACTANTS; POLYMER FORMULATION; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SURFACTANT SOLUBILITY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84863003634     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/135357-PA     Document Type: Article

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