Gale et al., 1973 - Google Patents
Tertiary surfactant flooding: petroleum sulfonate composition-efficacy studiesGale et al., 1973
- Document ID
- 5395767642004917742
- Author
- Gale W
- Sandvik E
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- Publication venue
- Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal
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This paper discusses results of a laboratory program undertaken to define optimum petroleum program undertaken to define optimum petroleum sulfonates for use in surfactant flooding. Many refinery feedstocks, varying in molecular weight and aromatic content, were …
- 239000004094 surface-active agent 0 title abstract description 120
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