Chemistry of injection water and its impact on oil recovery in carbonate and clastic formations

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 512-521

  Alotaibi, M B ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINE CONCENTRATION; CARBONATE FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; COREFLOOD; FLUID/ROCK INTERACTION; INJECTION WATER; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; KEY VARIABLES; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOW SALINITY; MICROSCOPIC DISPLACEMENT; MULTICOMPONENTS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL-WATER; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RESERVOIR ROCK; SALINITY LEVELS; SALT CONTENT; SANDSTONE FORMATIONS; SEAWATER INJECTION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; WATER FLOOD; WATERFLOODING; WETTABILITY ALTERATION; WETTABILITY CHARACTERISTICS;

BRINES; CARBONATION; CLAY ALTERATION; CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEAWATER EFFECTS; WATER CONTENT; WELL FLOODING;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 70449650359     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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