Comparison of flowback aids: Understanding their capillary pressure and wetting properties

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 376-387

  Howard, Paul R ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Sumitra ^a   Moniaga, Nita ^c   Schafer, Laura ^a   Penny, Glenn ^c   Dismuke, Keith ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b CESI Chemical   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; COREMAKING; DRIERS (MATERIALS); FRACTURING FLUIDS; MICROEMULSIONS; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

CAPILLARY FORCE; GAS RESERVOIR; LABORATORY TESTING; PERCEIVED VALUE; SLICKWATER FRACTURING TREATMENTS; STIMULATION TREATMENTS; SURFACE WETTABILITY; WETTING PROPERTY;

ADDITIVES;

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRAINED TEST; GAS PRODUCTION; IMBIBITION; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACTANT; WETTING;

EID: 77957296391     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/122307-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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