Comparative effectiveness of production performance of Pickering emulsion stabilized by nanoparticle-surfactant-polymerover surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding for enhanced oil recoveryfor Brownfield reservoir

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 221-232

  Sharma, Tushar ^a,b   Kumar, G Suresh ^a   Sangwai, Jitendra S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Nanoparticle; Pickering emulsion; Polymer; Pressure drop; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; FLOODS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL FIELDS; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WELL FLOODING;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; O/W PICKERING EMULSIONS; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PICKERING EMULSIONS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84937761050     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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