Research of the heavy oil displacement mechanism by using alkaline/surfactant flooding system

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 434, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-71

  Chen, Lifeng ^a   Zhang, Guicai ^a   Ge, Jijiang ^a   Jiang, Ping ^a   Tang, Jinyu ^a   Liu, Yueliang ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline surfactant flooding; Alkyl polyglucoside; Heavy oil; Mechanism; Tertiary oil recovery

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; FLOODS; MECHANISMS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TERTIARY RECOVERY;

ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDE; DISPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; HEAVY OIL; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; PETROLEUM SULFONATE; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TERTIARY OIL RECOVERY; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

ALKALINE CERAMIDASE; ALKYL POLYGLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; OIL; PETROLEUM; SODIUM CARBONATE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COLLOID; EMULSION; FLOODING; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84878941097     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.05.035     Document Type: Article

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