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Alkaline/surfactant flood potential in western Canadian heavy oil reservoirs

Liu et al., 2006

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16307149807172771858
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Liu Q
Dong M
Ma S
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SPE Improved Oil Recovery Conference?

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For heavy oil reservoirs (with oil viscosities ranging from 1,000 to more than 10,000 mPa-s), primary production and waterflood can only recover 5 to 10% initial oil-in-place (IOIP) due to the unfavourable mobility ratio of the water phase to the oil phase. Heavy oils usually have a …
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