Improved oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs by chemical stimulation

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-285

  Xie, Xina ^a   Weiss, William W ^a   Tong, Zhengxin ^b   Morrow, Norman R ^b  

^a Correlations Co ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CARBONATES; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; CORE ANALYSIS; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; FRACTURING FLUIDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; CHEMICAL STIMULATION; IMMERSION; RESERVOIR BRINE; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; SURFACTANT TREATMENT;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 26844444755     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/89424-PA     Document Type: Article

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