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Title: Phase and foam behavior study of CO{sub 2}-based foams at reservoir temperature and pressure. Final report, August 20, 1990--July 15, 1993

Abstract

A major objective of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Program at Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) is to develop technologies based on CO{sub 2}, foams, emulsions, or other fluid dispersions that will alleviate viscous fingering and mobility control problems that severely limit the production of oil by miscible CO{sub 2}, flooding. In this project, data on the phase behavior of a model surfactant/water system were generated both to help in modeling work for phase behavior and dispersion morphologies and to provide an efficient experimental methodology for determination of these data from flow calorimetric measurements. The project consists of two separate but compatible subtasks, the results of which are described in detail in the two parts of the main body of this report.

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Research Org.:
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10135029
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/27348-3631
ON: DE94000100; BR: AC1510100
DOE Contract Number:
FG21-90MC27348
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
02 PETROLEUM; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE INJECTION; PHASE STUDIES; SURFACTANTS; WATER; OIL WELLS; BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; CALORIMETRY; MOBILITY; CONTROL; BINARY MIXTURES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; PROGRESS REPORT; 020300; 400201; DRILLING AND PRODUCTION; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES

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Whiting, W.B., and Lim, K.H.. Phase and foam behavior study of CO{sub 2}-based foams at reservoir temperature and pressure. Final report, August 20, 1990--July 15, 1993. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/10135029.
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Whiting, W.B., & Lim, K.H.. Phase and foam behavior study of CO{sub 2}-based foams at reservoir temperature and pressure. Final report, August 20, 1990--July 15, 1993. United States. doi:10.2172/10135029.
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Whiting, W.B., and Lim, K.H.. Fri . "Phase and foam behavior study of CO{sub 2}-based foams at reservoir temperature and pressure. Final report, August 20, 1990--July 15, 1993". United States. doi:10.2172/10135029. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10135029.
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title = {Phase and foam behavior study of CO{sub 2}-based foams at reservoir temperature and pressure. Final report, August 20, 1990--July 15, 1993},
author = {Whiting, W.B. and Lim, K.H.},
abstractNote = {A major objective of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Program at Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) is to develop technologies based on CO{sub 2}, foams, emulsions, or other fluid dispersions that will alleviate viscous fingering and mobility control problems that severely limit the production of oil by miscible CO{sub 2}, flooding. In this project, data on the phase behavior of a model surfactant/water system were generated both to help in modeling work for phase behavior and dispersion morphologies and to provide an efficient experimental methodology for determination of these data from flow calorimetric measurements. The project consists of two separate but compatible subtasks, the results of which are described in detail in the two parts of the main body of this report.},
doi = {10.2172/10135029},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993},
month = {Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993}
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