Expanding Applications for Viscoelastic Surfactants
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Allan Twynam BP Sunbury, England For help in preparation of this article, thanks to Curtis Boney, Ernie Brown, Steve Davies and George Hawkins, Sugar Land, Texas, USA; Jorge Gonzalez and Arthur Milne, Caracas, Venezuela; Satyaki Ray, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and David Schoderbek, Burlington Resources Canada, Calgary. ClearFRAC, ClearPAC, CoalFRAC, FMI (Fullbore Formation MicroImager), FracCADE, NODAL, OilSEEKER and PERMPAC are marks of Schlumberger. Alternate Path is a mark of ExxonMobil Corp.; technology licensed exclusively to Schlumberger. FANN is a mark of the Fann Instrument Company. Recent developments in viscoelastic surfactants have expanded application of these
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