Wettability Alteration Mechanism for Oil Recovery from Fractured Carbonate Rocks

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 635-652

  Gupta, R ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anionic surfactants; Divalent ions; Fractured carbonates; Imbibition; Optimal salinity; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT IONS; FRACTURED CARBONATES; IMBIBITION; OPTIMAL SALINITY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

BIOPHYSICS; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTROLYTES; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; METAL IONS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS;

ELECTROLYTE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMBIBITION; SALINITY; SURFACTANT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79952736841     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-010-9706-5     Document Type: Article

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