An experimental investigation of nanoparticle-stabilized CO2 foam used in enhanced oil recovery

Fuel

Volumn 186, Issue , 2016, Pages 430-442

  Guo, Feng ^a   Aryana, Saman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 foam; EOR; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PARTICLE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SILICA; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; VISCOSITY;

ALPHA OLEFIN SULFONATES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW EXPERIMENTS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; SURFACTANT MIXTURE; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84984846403     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2016.08.058     Document Type: Article

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