Oil recovery from fractured carbonates by surfactant-aided gravity drainage: Laboratory experiments and mechanistic simulations

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 775-786

  Adibhatla, B ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FRACTURE INTENSITY; MECHANISTIC SIMULATIONS; OIL RECOVERY RATE; OIL-WET;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33745685731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/99773-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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