The Influence of Foam Rheology in Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations

Nutt, C. W.; Burley, R. W.

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The Influence of Foam Rheology in Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations

C. W. Nutt &
R. W. Burley

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Abstract

Generally, it is rare for more than about half of the oil in place in an oilfield to be recovered economically by application of existing technology. The oil which remains is dispersed as small globules throughout the pores of the geological structure. Whilst laboratory and field tests have demonstrated that the recovery of such residual oil can be accomplished successfully by several techniques, all require the injection of relatively costly materials, and are not therefore economically viable.

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Nutt, C.W., Burley, R.W. (1989). The Influence of Foam Rheology in Enhanced Oil Recovery Operations. In: Wilson, A. (eds) Foams: Physics, Chemistry and Structure. Springer Series in Applied Biology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3807-5_8

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