ASP design for the Minnelusa formation under low-salinity conditions: Impacts of anhydrite on ASP performance

Fuel

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 368-382

  Gregersen, Casey S ^a   Kazempour, Mahdi ^a   Alvarado, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Anhydrite; ASP; Chemical flooding; Minnelusa; pH buffering

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRITE; ASP; CHEMICAL FLOODING; MINNELUSA; PH BUFFERING;

CRUDE OIL; EXPERIMENTS; FLOODS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

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EID: 84870435709     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2012.06.051     Document Type: Article

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