Effect of surfactant partitioning on mobility control during CO2 flooding

SPE Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 752-765

  Ren, Guangwei ^a   Zhang, Hang ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOPHYSICS; EFFICIENCY; FOAMS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; NONIONIC AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES; SURFACTANT PROPERTIES; SURFACTANT TRANSPORTS; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84883734870     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/145102-pa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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