The Impact of Pore Water Chemistry on Carbonate Surface Charge and Oil Wettability

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Hiorth, A ^a,b   Cathles, L M ^c   Madland, M V ^b  

^a IRIS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Geochemistry; Wettability; Wettability change; Zeta potential

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SURFACES; CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONTROLLING FACTORS; DATA SETS; FORMATION WATER; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; MINERAL SURFACES; OIL COMPONENTS; OIL DISPLACEMENT; OIL RECOVERIES; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; ROCK DISSOLUTION; ROCK SURFACES; ROCK WETTABILITY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SULFATE ION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER FILM; WATER IMBIBITION; WETTABILITY; WETTABILITY CHANGE;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; DISSOLUTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RECOVERY; ROCKS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE POTENTIAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER; ZETA POTENTIAL;

MINERALS;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHALK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORMATION WATER; IMBIBITION; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETTABILITY;

EID: 77449103612     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9543-6     Document Type: Article

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