A new family of anionic surfactants for EOR applications

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 4, Issue , 2012, Pages 3044-3058

  Gao, Bo ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; MOLECULES;

ADSORPTION DENSITIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SINGLE CHAIN SURFACTANTS; SOLUTION CONDITIONS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

EID: 84874091544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159700-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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