Measurement and analysis of surfactant retention

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1294-1310

  Solairaj, Sriram ^a   Britton, Christopher ^a   Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Weerasooriya, Upali ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; MICROEMULSIONS; MINERALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; SANDSTONE; SOLVENTS;

ALKALINE-SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODS; CHEMICAL FLOODING; MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; MOBILITY CONTROL; MOBILITY RATIOS; RETENTION MEASUREMENT; SURFACTANT STRUCTURE; TOTAL ACID NUMBER;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84864015428     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154247-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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