Formulation of surfactants for very low/high salinity surfactant flooding without alkali

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 399-414

  Zhang, Guoyin ^a   Yu, Jianjia ^a   Du, Cheng ^a   Lee, Robert ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CORROSION; EMULSIFICATION; FLOODS; MICROEMULSIONS; MIXTURES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; OIL FIELDS; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; SOLUBILITY;

BEHAVIOR MEASUREMENTS; OIL SOLUBILIZATION; SHORT CHAIN ALCOHOLS; SURFACTANT FLOODING; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; SURFACTANT SOLUBILITY; ULTRALOW INTERFACIAL TENSION; ZWITTERIONIC SURFACTANTS;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84939643456     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/173738-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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