Mechanisms of enhanced natural imbibition with novel chemicals

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 912-920

  Zhang, Jieyuan ^a   Nguyen, Quoc P ^a   Floaten, 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; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; FRACTURED CARBONATE RESERVOIRS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; WATER IMBIBITION; X RAY SCANNING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CARBONATE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RESERVOIR; SURFACTANT; X-RAY;

EID: 76749145512     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/113453-PA     Document Type: Article

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