Optimization of viscosifying surfactant technology for chemical EOR

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 777-790

  Morvan, M ^a   Degre G ^a   Beaumont, J ^a   Dupuis, G ^b   Zaitoun, A ^b   Al Maamari, R S ^c   Al Hashmi, A R ^c   Al Sharji, H H ^d  

^a Rhodia   (France)

^b Poweltec   (France)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d PDO   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOODS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; CORE FLOOD EXPERIMENTS; DEGREE OF NON-LINEARITY; FIRST NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; INJECTION OF POLYMERS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

SOLUTION MINING;

EID: 84864000707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154053-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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