Available know-how in transforming an emulsified drilling fluid to be removed from an unwanted location into a low-viscosity single-phase system

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4078-4085

  Salager, Jean Louis ^a   Forgiarini, Ana María ^a   Antón, Raquel Elena ^a   Quintero, Lirio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

^b BAKER HUGHES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSION; CO-SURFACTANTS; EMULSIFIED DRILLING FLUIDS; EMULSION MORPHOLOGY; MESOPHASES; OIL PHASE; OIL-IN-WATER; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE SYSTEMS; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS; WATER PHASIS; WATER-IN-OIL;

DRILLING FLUIDS; EMULSIFICATION; HYDROCARBONS; MICROEMULSIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84863918207     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef300260v     Document Type: Conference Paper

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