Chemical mechanism of low salinity water flooding in sandstone reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 679-695

  Austad, Tor ^a   RezaeiDoust, Alireza ^a   Puntervold, Tina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; CRUDE OIL; DESORPTION; FLOODS; ION EXCHANGE; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELL TESTING; OIL WELLS; ORGANIC MINERALS; PH; POSITIVE IONS; PRODUCED WATER; PROTONATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SALINE WATER; SANDSTONE; SECONDARY RECOVERY;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; ION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 77954296073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/129767-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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