Wettability alteration in carbonates: Interaction between cationic surfactant and carboxylates as a key factor in wettability alteration from oil-wet to water-wet conditions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 216, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 243-259

  Standnes, Dag C ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chalk; Imbibition; Oil recovery; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FATTY ACIDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

STATIC CONTACT ANGLE;

MICELLES;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CATIONIC SURFACTANT; FATTY ACID; HEPTANE; LAURIC ACID; OCTANOIC ACID; OIL; PETROLEUM; STEARIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTACT ANGLE; ION PAIR EXTRACTION; MICELLE; MODEL; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PH; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WETTABILITY;

EID: 0242607925     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(02)00580-0     Document Type: Article

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