Rheology and transport of improved EOR polymers under harsh reservoir conditions

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1528-1541

  Kulawardana, Erandimala U ^a   Koh, Heesong ^a   Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Liyanage, Pathma J ^a   Upamali, Karasinghe A N ^a   Huh, Chun ^a   Weerasooriya, Upali ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE GROUPS; CARBONATE CORES; CHEMICAL EOR; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIVALENT CATION; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HIGH DEMAND; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; N VINYLPYRROLIDONE; NONIONIC; OIL RESERVOIRS; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED; POLYMER FLOODING; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SCLEROGLUCAN; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR; TRIPLE HELICAL STRUCTURES;

AMIDES; BRINES; ELASTICITY; HARDNESS; HYDROLYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RHEOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84864012156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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