Use of Oil-in-water Pickering Emulsion Stabilized by Nanoparticles in Combination with Polymer Flood for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 17-18, 2015, Pages 1595-1604

  Sharma, T ^a,b,c   Velmurugan, N ^c,d   Patel, P ^c   Chon, B H ^e   Sangwai, J S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

CORE SAMPLES; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; FLOODS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOODING AGENT; INJECTION OF POLYMERS; OIL RECOVERIES; PICKERING EMULSIONS; POLYMER FLOODS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84949556509     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916466.2015.1079534     Document Type: Article

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