Assessment of CO2-soluble surfactants for mobility reduction using mobility measurements and CT imaging

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1156-1181

  McLendon, W J ^a   Koronaios, P ^a   McNulty, S ^a   Enick, R M ^a   Biesmans, G ^b   Miller, A ^b   Salazar, L ^b   Soong, Y ^c   Romanov, V ^c   Crandall, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Huntsman ^*  (United States)

^c US DOE NETL   (United States)

^d NETL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREA SANDSTONE; CARBONATE CORES; CT IMAGING; CT SCANNING; ETHYLENE OXIDES; FOAM GENERATION; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH PRESSURE CO; IN-SITU; MOBILITY CONTROL; MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS; MOBILITY REDUCTION; NONYLPHENOL ETHOXYLATES; SANDSTONE CORES; SOLUBLE SURFACTANTS; SUPERFICIAL VELOCITY; TOTAL PRESSURE DROP;

DISSOLUTION; PHENOLS; POTASSIUM IODIDE; PRESSURE DROP; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84864012545     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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