alkaline flooding

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alkaline flooding [′al·kə‚līn ′fləd·iŋ]

(petroleum engineering)

A type of enhanced oil recovery in which alkaline chemicals are injected during a water flooding or are combined with polymer flooding; the chemicals react with acids in the crude oil to form surfactants.

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