Chemical verification of the EOR mechanism by using low saline/smart water in sandstone

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2151-2162

  Doust, Alireza Rezaei ^a   Puntervold, Tina ^a   Austad, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION/DESORPTION; CHEMICAL MECHANISM; CLAY SURFACES; DYNAMIC CORES; DYNAMIC EXPERIMENT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; LOW SALINITY; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MODEL BASE; ORGANIC MATERIALS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINE INJECTION; STATIC ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; DESORPTION; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SALINE WATER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 80051680301     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef200215y     Document Type: Article

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