Influence of temperature on wettability alteration of carbonate reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 848-859

  Hamouda, A A ^a   Gomari, K A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Distribution coefficients; IFT; Surface charge; Temperature; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION COEFFICIENTS; IFT; SURFACE CHARGE; THERMAL RECOVERY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

CALCITE; CARBONATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TENSION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WETTING;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745685710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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