Pore-level mechanics of forced and spontaneous imbibition of aqueous surfactant solutions in fractured porous media

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages 3853-3869

  Alshehri, Amar J ^a   Stanford, U ^b   Sagatov, Ernar ^a   Kovscek, Anthony R ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION; WETTING AGENTS;

AQUEOUS SURFACTANT SOLUTIONS; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77950806792     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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