Foam mobility control for nanoparticle-stabilized CO 2 foam

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 298-310

  Yu, Jianjia ^a   An, Cheng ^a   Mo, Di ^a   Liu, Ning ^a   Lee, Robert ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT VISCOSITY; CONSTANT FLOW RATES; DYNAMIC PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FOAM GENERATION; GLASS BEAD PACKED COLUMNS; INJECTION RATES; LOW VISCOSITY; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MIXTURE VISCOSITY; MOBILITY CONTROL; NANO-PARTICLE DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; ON DYNAMICS; PACKED COLUMN; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SAPPHIRE TUBES; SUPERCRITICAL CO; SWEEP EFFICIENCY; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISPERSIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; NANOPARTICLES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SAPPHIRE; SHEAR DEFORMATION; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WATER INJECTION;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 84864004882     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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