Laboratory studies for surfactant flood in low-temperature, low-salinity fractured carbonate reservoir

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-249

  Sagi, Aparna Raju ^a   Puerto, Maura ^a   Bian, Yu ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a   Salehi, Mehdi ^b   Thomas, Charles P ^b   Kwan, Jonathan T ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIORCO   (United States)

^c Kinder Morgan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ETHANE; METHANE; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOLUBILITY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; LABORATORY STUDIES; OIL RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; OIL SOLUBILIZATION; STATIC AND DYNAMIC CONDITIONS; SURFACTANT PHASE BEHAVIOR;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84886578615     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/164062-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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