Nanoparticle stabilized carbon dioxide in water foams for enhanced oil recovery

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1496-1502

  Worthen, Andrew J ^a   Bagaria, Hitesh G ^a   Chen, Yunshen ^a   Bryant, Steven L ^a   Huh, Chun ^a   Johnston, Keith P ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FOAMING ABILITY; GLASS BEAD; LONG TERM STABILITY; O/W EMULSIONS; POLYMER CHAINS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SILICA PARTICLES; SMALL PARTICLE SIZE; STABLE FOAMS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT TAILS; WATER INTERFACE; WATER PHASE; WATER SYSTEM;

CONTACT ANGLE; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FILLED POLYMERS; NANOPARTICLES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; SILICA; SOLVATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863995812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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