Review on polymer flooding: Rheology, adsorption, stability, and field applications of various polymer systems

Polymer Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 491-530

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

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

Author keywords

adsorption; enhanced oil recovery; Polymer flooding; rheology; thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COPOLYMERS; ELASTICITY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RHEOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WELL FLOODING;

CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HIGH-TEMPERATURE AND HIGH-SALINITY RESERVOIRS; LIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS; POLYMER FLOODING; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84954027530     PISSN: 15583724     EISSN: 15583716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2014.982821     Document Type: Review

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