Rheological Properties of Thermoviscosifying Polymers in High-temperature and High-salinity Environments

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1194-1200

  Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad ^a   Sultan, Abdullah S ^a   Al Mubaiyedh, Usamah A ^a   Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A ^a   Feng, Yujun ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Polymer flooding; Rheology; Salinity; Thermoviscosifying polymers

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SALTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUOROCARBON SURFACTANT; PARTIALLY HYDROLYZED POLYACRYLAMIDE; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYMER FLOODING; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SALINITY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84931011619     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: 1939019X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22204     Document Type: Article

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