Mechanisms of enhanced natural imbibition with novel chemicals

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 865-876

  Zhang, Jieyuan ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a   Flaaten, Adam K ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBONATES; CARBONATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; EMULSIFICATION; FRACTURE; MICROEMULSIONS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SODIUM CARBONATE; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

DIVALENT CATION; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; WATER IMBIBITION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 55249092975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/113453-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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