Investigation of Alkali resistant polymer for improved heavy oil recovery

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada 2013

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 1655-1668

  Doda, Ankit ^a   Kotsuchibashi, Yohei ^a   Trivedi, Japan J ^a   Narain, Ravin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDES; RESIDUAL OIL DISTRIBUTION; RESIDUAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY;

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL; ELASTICITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WELL FLOODING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84883405772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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