Visualization of the effect of porous media wettability on polymer flooding performance through unconsolidated porous media using magnetic resonance imaging

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-67

  Romero Zeron L B ^a   Ongsurakul, S ^a   Li, L ^a   Balcom, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centric scan SPRITE MRI; Magnetic resonance imaging; Polymer flooding; Porous media; Wettability and breakthrough saturation; Wettability and polymer flooding; Wettability effects on waterflooding

Indexed keywords

CENTRIC SCAN; POLYMER FLOODING; POROUS MEDIA; SPRITE MRI; WATERFLOODING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POLYMERS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; WELL FLOODING;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 77949544964     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460802611432     Document Type: Article

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