Impact of acid additives on the rheological properties of viscoelastic surfactants and their influence on field application

SPE - DOE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Al Ghamdi, AbdulWahab H ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^a   Al Qahtani, Abdulqader A ^b   Samuel, Mathew M ^a,c  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

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EID: 85088343329     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/89418-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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