Polymer flooding is one of the most promising techniques for the recovery of remaining oil
from light oil reservoirs. Water soluble polymers are used to enhance the viscosity of …

Recent developments in the field of water-soluble polymers aimed at enhancing the
aqueous solution viscosity are reviewed. Classic and novel associating water-soluble …

Some polysaccharides isolated from natural sources show various important biological
activities, such as antitumor, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory effects, which are …

Completely revised and expanded to reflect the latest advancements in the field,
Polysaccharides: Structural Diversity and Functional Versatility, Second Edition outlines …

Publisher Summary Bacterial exopolysaccharides are a complex group of polymers
containing a variety of monosaccharides and acyl and other substituents. They are …

This book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the structures and
properties of polysaccharides, methods for their characterization, de novo synthesis, and …

Several publications by authors in the field of petrochemical engineering have examined the
use of chemically enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) technology, with a specific interest in …

The synthetic water-soluble polymer, partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM), has been
most widely used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR); however, its poor thermal stability and …

Publisher Summary Naturally occurring polysaccharides from higher plants and seaweeds
have been in use for many decades in large quantities. Dextran was the first microbial …

Succinoglycan is a type of bacterial anionic exopolysaccharide produced from Rhizobium,
Agrobacterium, and other soil bacteria. The exact structure of succinoglycan depends in part …