Screening of amphoteric and anionic surfactants for cEOR applications using a novel approach

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 476, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-23

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

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

Author keywords

Chemical enhanced oil recovery; Interfacial tension; Reservoir; Stability; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; OIL SHALE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CARBOXYBETAINE; CHEMICAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERIES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; THERMALLY STABLE;

AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANTS;

ANIONIC SURFACTANT; INORGANIC SALT; OIL; SURFACTANT;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 84961753592     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.03.023     Document Type: Article

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