Stable emulsion and demulsification in chemical EOR flooding: Challenges and best practices

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2012, OGWA - EOR: Building Towards Sustainable Growth

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-227

  Nguyen, Duy ^a   Sadeghi, Nicholas ^a  

^a NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CHEMICAL EQUIPMENT; DEMULSIFICATION; DROPS; ELECTROSTATICS; EMULSIFICATION; FLOODS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); OIL WELL FLOODING; OSTWALD RIPENING; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; RESINS; SHEAR FLOW; STABILIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER TREATMENT; ZETA POTENTIAL;

CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; COMBINATION OF EQUIPMENTS; ELECTROSTATIC AND STERIC STABILIZATION; ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION; EMULSION STABILITY; OIL/WATER SEPARATION; STERIC STABILIZATION; ZETA POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84865989653     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154044-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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