Comparison of secondary and tertiary recovery with change in injection brine composition for crude oil/sandstone combinations

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 745-758

  Zhang, Y ^a   Morrow, N R ^a  

^a U of Wyoming   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION (OIL WELLS); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SECONDARY RECOVERY; WELL FLOODING;

MIXED-WETTABILITY (MXW) CORES; OIL RECOVERY; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE; TERTIARY MODES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33745685739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/99757-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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