Seawater as IOR fluid in fractured chalk

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 193-202

  Austad, T ^a   Strand, S ^a   Hognesen E J ^a   Zhang, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chalk; Imbibition; Oil recovery; Seawater; Sulfate; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBONATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SULFUR; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

CHALK; OIL RECOVERY; WATER-WET PORE SURFACES; WETTABILITY;

SEAWATER;

EID: 23844475090     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/93000-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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