Alkaline-free surfactant polymer process for heavy oil

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE EOR Conference at Oil and Gas West Asia 2014: Driving Integrated and Innovative EOR

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 398-408

  Hocine, S ^a   Magnan, A ^a   Degre, G ^a   Rousseau, N ^b   Rousseau, D ^b  

^a Solvay   (United States)

^b EOR Alliance   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CORROSION; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POLYMERS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; POLYMER FORMULATION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; SYNTHETIC SURFACTANTS; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84905844158     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/169697-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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