Scaling of oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition for wide variation in aqueous phase viscosity with glycerol as the viscosifying agent

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 35-53

  Fischer, Herbert ^a   Morrow, Norman R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycerol; Matched viscosity; Non matched viscosity; Spontaneous imbibition; Viscosity ratio

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE VISCOSITY; NON-MATCHED VISCOSITY; OIL RECOVERY; OIL VISCOSITY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; VISCOSIFYING AGENT; VISCOSITY RATIO;

AGENTS; GLYCEROL; OIL FIELDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

AGENTS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; GLYCEROL; OIL FIELDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUTIONS; VISCOSITY;

BRINE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; IMBIBITION; OIL PRODUCTION; RESERVOIR; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744924476     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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