Capillary and gravity dominated flow regimes in displacement of oil from an oil-wet chalk using cationic surfactant

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1118-1122

  Høognesen, Eli J ^a   Olsen, Martin ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; GRAVITY DOMINATED FLOW; OIL DISPLACEMENT;

FUEL OILS;

EID: 33745617672     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef050297s     Document Type: Article

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