Surfactant screening for wettability alteration in oil-wet fractured carbonates

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 3270-3290

  Gupta, R ^a   Mohan, K ^b   Mohanty, K K ^c  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CONTACT ANGLE; FRACTURE; TEMPERATURE; WETTING;

FRACTURE DENSITY; FRACTURED CARBONATES; HIGH SALINITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; OIL RECOVERIES; WET CONDITIONS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 77950910324     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/124822-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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