Effect of spontaneous formation of nanoparticle stabilized emulsion on the stability of a displacement

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1311-1326

  Aminzadeh, B ^a,b   DiCarlo, D A ^a,b   Roberts, M ^a,b   Chung, D H ^a,b   Bryant, S L ^a,b   Huh, C ^a,b  

^a Research Partnership to Secure Energy for America   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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