Use of cosolvents to improve alkaline/polymer flooding

SPE Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 255-266

  Fortenberry, Robert ^a   Kim, Do Hoon ^b   Nizamidin, Nabijan ^c   Adkins, Stephanie S ^a   Pinnawala Arachchilage, Gayani W P ^d   Koh, Heesong ^a   Weerasooriya, Upali ^e   Pope, Gary A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MICROEMULSIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING;

ACIDIC COMPONENTS; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; LOW VISCOSITY; MACROEMULSIONS; MOBILITY CONTROL; OIL GRAVITY; TECHNOLOGY USE;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84928481967     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/166478-PA     Document Type: Article

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