A comprehensive review of Alkaline-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) flooding

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 536-555

  Sheng, James J ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE-SURFACTANT-POLYMER FLOODING; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; COMBINATION PROCESS; FOCUS OF RESEARCHES; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; MOBILITY CONTROL; PROJECT ECONOMICS; SALINITY GRADIENTS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; POLYMERS; WATER QUALITY;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84881384715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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