Numerical studies of oil production from initially oil-wet fracture blocks by surfactant brine imbibition

IIORC 05 - 2005 SPE International Improved Oil Recovery Conference in Asia Pacific, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 381-395

  Adibhatla, B ^a   Sun, X ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; INTERFACIAL TENSION (IFT); OIL PRODUCTION;

FRACTURE; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33745218707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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