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Physicochemical methods for enhancing oil recovery from oil fields

L. K. Altunina, V. A. Kuvshinov

Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk

Abstract: Physicochemical methods for enhancing oil recovery from oil fields that are developed using water flooding and thermal steam treatment are considered. The results of pilot testing of processes based on these methods carried out at West Siberian and Chinese oil fields are analysed. The attention is focused on the processes that make use of surfactant blends and alkaline buffer solutions and thermotropic gel-forming systems.

Received: 23.04.2007

DOI: 10.1070/RC2007v076n10ABEH003723

 English version: Russian Chemical Reviews, 2007, 76:10, 971–987

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