Application and outlook of foam in oil and gas field development ( I ) -Foaming agent and application of foam fluid in wellbore

Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 507-512

  Li, Zhao Min ^a   Li, Ran ^a   Shi, Jiang Heng ^b   An, Zhi Bo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b ZHONGYUAN OILFIELD BRANCH COMPANY   (China)

Author keywords

Foam; Non Newtonian fluid; Oil and gas field development; Review; Smart fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894437274     PISSN: 10004092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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