Implementation of a high-performance surfactant for enhanced oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-73

  Ahmadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Shadizadeh, Seyed Reza ^a  

^a PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Carbonate reservoir; Enhanced oil recovery; Interfacial tension; Micro emulsion; Sugar based surfactant

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; DISPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OIL RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESERVOIR STIMULATIONS; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SUGAR-BASED SURFACTANTS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

FLOODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT;

EID: 84884388873     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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