Improved oil recovery with chemicals in carbonate formations

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 666-678

  Tabary, René ^a   Fornari, Antoine ^a   Bazin, Brigitte ^a   Bourbiaux, Bernard ^a   Dalmazzone, Christine ^a  

^a IFP ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CARBONATE CORES; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; IMPROVED OIL RECOVERY; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; OIL RESERVES; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; ROCK WETTABILITY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; WATER IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY INDEX;

CARBONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ALKALINITY;

EID: 70449641071     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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