Thermoviscosifying polymer used for enhanced oil recovery: Rheological behaviors and core flooding test

Polymer Bulletin

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 391-401

  Chen, Quansheng ^a,b,c   Wang, Yu ^a   Lu, Zhiyong ^a   Feng, Yujun ^a,d  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c EOR Laboratory   (China)

^d SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Cryo TEM; Enhanced oil recovery; Rheological properties; Thermoviscosifying; Water soluble polymer

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RHEOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

CRYO-TEM; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; THERMOVISCOSIFYING; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84878519946     PISSN: 01700839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00289-012-0798-7     Document Type: Article

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