Alternate slugs of gas and dilute surfactant for mobility control during chemical flooding

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE/DOE Enhanced Oil Recovery Symposium, EOR 1980

Volumn , Issue , 1980, Pages 289-304

  Lawson, Jinmie B ^a   Reisberg, Josern ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; INERT GASES; OIL WELL FLOODING; POLYMERS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CHEMICAL FLOODING; FOAM DRAINAGE; GRAVITY SEGREGATION; MOBILITY CONTROL; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; WATERSOLUBLE POLYMERS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84994162156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/8839-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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