Wettability alterations due to crude oil composition and an anionic surfactant in petroleum reservoirs

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 693-704

  Xu, Wei ^a   Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual drop dual crystal; Oil; Surfactant; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CRUDE OIL; DROPS; EXPERIMENTS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SYNTHETIC LUBRICANTS; WETTING;

DUAL-DROP DUAL-CRYSTAL(DDDC); OIL; WETTABILITY; YATES DOLOMITE ROCK;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; COMPOSITIONAL EFFECTS; CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION; DOLOMITE ROCKS; DUAL-DROP DUAL-CRYSTAL; IN-SITU; OIL; RESERVOIR BRINE; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR WETTABILITY; SURFACTANT; SYNTHETIC OIL; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

EID: 33746510852     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856106777412473     Document Type: Article

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