Surfactant optimization for EOR using advanced chemical computational methods

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1195-1206

  Buijse, Marten ^a   Tandon, Kunj ^b   Jain, Shekhar ^b   Handgraaf, Jan Willem ^a   Fraaije, Johannes G E M ^c  

^a Shell International Exploration and Production ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd   (India)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BENDING PROPERTIES; COARSE-GRAINED; CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION; DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; INTERFACIAL FILM; MESOSCALE; MICROEMULSION STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR LEVELS; MOLECULAR MODELING TECHNIQUES; PHASE SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL MODEL; RESIDUAL OIL; STRESS PROFILE; SURFACTANT AND OIL; SURFACTANT SYSTEM;

CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROEMULSIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84864003860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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