Spontaneous imbibition of aqueous surfactant solutions into neutral to oil-wet carbonate cores: Effects of brine salinity and composition

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1133-1144

  Strand, Skule ^a   Standnes, Dag C ^a,b   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CATALYSIS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FRACTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

ALKYLTRIMETHYAMMONIUM; BRINE SALINITY; OIL WET CARBONATE CORES; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION;

CARBONATES;

EID: 0141619268     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef030051s     Document Type: Article

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