Associative polymers outperform regular polymers displacing heavy oil in heterogeneous systems

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada 2012

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1409-1432

  Wassmuth, Fred ^a   Green, Ken ^a   Bai, Jen ^a  

^a Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CRUDE OIL; EFFICIENCY; FLOODS; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; VISCOSITY;

ASSOCIATING POLYMERS; ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMIC RADIUS; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED; PRESSURE DIFFERENCES; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SCALE HETEROGENEITIES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84866254765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/157916-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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