Study of Nanoparticle-Surfactant-Stabilized Foam as a Fracturing Fluid

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 9456-9477

  Lv, Qichao ^a   Li, Zhaomin ^a   Li, Binfei ^a   Li, Songyan ^a   Sun, Qian ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NANOPARTICLES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPPANTS; SHALE; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DILATIONAL VISCOELASTICITY; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROPPANT SUSPENSION; SHALE GAS RESERVOIRS; SODIUM DODECYL BENZENESULFONATE; SURFACTANT-STABILIZED; THERMAL ADAPTABILITIES;

FRACTURING FLUIDS;

EID: 84942872821     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b02197     Document Type: Article

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