Combined surfactant-enhanced gravity drainage (SEGD) of oil and the wettability alteration in carbonates: The effect of rock permeability and interfacial tension (IFT)

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2083-2088

  Ravari, Reza Rostami ^a   Strand, Skule ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CARBONATE ROCK; COMBINED EFFECT; COMPLEX FORMATIONS; CORE PLUGS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLOW REGIMES; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; GRAVITY FORCES; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LENGTH SCALE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NO ADSORPTION; OIL DISPLACEMENT; OIL-WET RESERVOIR; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PHASE TRAPPING; RECOVERABLE OIL; ROCK PERMEABILITY; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; TIME-SCALES; UPSCALING; WATER BASED; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBONATES; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CRUDE OIL; DYES; GRAVITATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; ROCKS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 80051677976     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef200085t     Document Type: Article

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