Measurement of surfactant-induced interfacial interactions at reservoir conditions

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-94

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

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

DROP-SHAPE ANALYSIS; DUAL-CRYSTAL TECHNIQUE; DUAL-DROP TECHNIQUE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ADHESION; CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RESERVOIR ROCK; SURFACTANT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 41349114439     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96021-pa     Document Type: Article

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