Experimental study on adsorption of a new surfactant onto carbonate reservoir samples-application to EOR

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1439-1449

  Zendehboudi, Sohrab ^a   Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali ^b   Rajabzadeh, Amin Reza ^a   Mahinpey, Nader ^c   Chatzis, Ioannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoirs; EOR; Experimental study; Petroleum engineering; Recovery factor; Surfactant adsorption isotherms; Surfactant flooding; Zizyphus Spina Christi

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; EOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; RECOVERY FACTORS; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; SURFACTANT FLOODING; ZIZYPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84879879065     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.21806     Document Type: Article

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