Temperature effects on surfactant-aided imbibition into fractured carbonates

SPE Annual Technical Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2312-2322

  Gupta, R ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a,b  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT SOLUTION IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT TREATMENTS;

CARBONATES; CONTACT ANGLE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL BEARING FORMATIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 40449129449     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/110204-ms     Document Type: Article

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