Evaluation of water-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by wettability alteration in a low-permeable fractured limestone oil reservoir

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 5997-6008

  Shariatpanahi, Seyed Farzad ^a   Strand, Skule ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIDIC MATERIALS; CAPILLARY FORCE; CARBONATE SURFACES; COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; CORE MATERIAL; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FORMATION WATER; IMBIBITION PROCESS; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RESERVOIRS; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SOURCE ROCKS; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACE REACTIVITY; WATER BASED; WETTABILITY ALTERATION; WETTABILITY TESTS; WETTING CONDITIONS; WETTING PROPERTY;

ACIDS; COREMAKING; CRUDE OIL; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SEAWATER; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 78649544255     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef100837v     Document Type: Article

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