Enhancing heavy-oil recovery by using middle carbon alcohol-enhanced waterflooding, surfactant flooding, and foam flooding

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2153-2161

  Chen, Zehua ^a   Zhao, Xiutai ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CRUDE OIL; EFFICIENCY; EMULSIFICATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; FOAMS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ALKALINE FLOODING; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; EMULSIFYING PROPERTY; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; FOAMING PROPERTIES; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; SURFACTANT FLOODING; SURFACTANT SOLUTION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84928136456     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef502652a     Document Type: Article

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