Analysis of microscopic displacement mechanisms of dilute surfactant flooding in oil-wet and water-wet porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Jamaloei, Benyamin Yadali ^a,b   Kharrat, Riyaz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dilute surfactant flooding; Micromodel; Microscopic displacement mechanisms; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW BEHAVIORS; MACRO SCALE; MICRO-SCALES; MICROSCOPIC DISPLACEMENT; MICROSCOPIC SCALE; OIL PHASE; OIL RECOVERIES; PORE WALL; POROUS MEDIA; PRIMARY MECHANISM; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESIDUAL OIL; SURFACTANT FLOODING; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TWO-PHASE FLOW DISPLACEMENTS; WATER-IN-OIL;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOODING; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR ROCK; SURFACTANT; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EID: 63749119340     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9382-5     Document Type: Article

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