Effect of Capillary Pressure, Salinity, and Aging on Wettability Alteration in Sandstones and Limestones

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 615-627

  Jain, Vivek ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sruti ^b   Sharma, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; WETTABILITY;

AGING OF MATERIALS; CAPILLARITY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DRAINAGE; LIMESTONE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PHASE INTERFACES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 1642517076     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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