Wettability alteration and improved oil recovery by spontaneous imbibition of seawater into chalk: Impact of the potential determining ions Ca2+, Mg2+, and SO42-

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 301, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 199-208

  Zhang, Peimao ^a   Tweheyo, Medad T ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chalk; Improved oil recovery; Magnesium; sulfate; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CHEMICAL STABILITY; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MAGNESIUM; SEAWATER; WETTING;

CHALKS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; SULFATE; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; OIL; SEA WATER; SULFATE;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE CHARGE; WETTABILITY; ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 34247372686     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.12.058     Document Type: Article

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