Wettability alteration and foam mobility control in a layered 2-D heterogeneous system

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 871-887

  Li, Robert F ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Masalmeh, Shehadeh K ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shell Development Oman LLC   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BETAINES; BLENDING; CRUDE OIL; OIL WELL FLOODING; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; RECOVERY; SECONDARY RECOVERY; WETTING;

COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; LOW PERMEABILITY ZONE; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 79960220127     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/141462-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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