Spontaneous and forced imbibition of aqueous wettability altering surfactant solution into an initially oil-wet capillary

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 12591-12603

  Hammond, Paul S ^a   Unsal, Evren ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; AQUEOUS PHASE; AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; BULK DIFFUSIONS; CAPILLARY FORCE; DYNAMICAL BALANCE; EFFECT OF PRESSURE; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; OIL-WATER; OIL-WET RESERVOIR; RATE-CONTROLLING PROCESS; SOLID CONTACTS; SOLID SURFACE; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; THRESHOLD PRESSURES; VISCOUS RESISTANCE; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION; OIL RESISTANCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70449441723     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la901781a     Document Type: Article

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