A study of wetting behavior and surfactant EOR in carbonates with model compounds

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 380-389

  Wu, Y ^a   Shuler, P J ^a   Blanco, M ^b   Tang, Y ^b   Goddard III, W A ^b  

^a SPE

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR); SCREENING TOOLS; WATERFLOODS;

ADSORPTION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FRACTURING (OIL WELLS); MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

CARBONATES;

EID: 33745700165     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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