Wettability altering secondary oil recovery in carbonate rocks

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3966-3973

  Mohan, K ^a   Gupta, R ^a   Mohanty, K K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; FIELD SCALE; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; PORE VOLUME; RESERVOIR CORES; SECONDARY OIL RECOVERIES; SECONDARY SURFACTANT; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; WATER FLOOD; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CARBONATES; CONTACT ANGLE; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER INJECTION; WELL FLOODING;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 80052876611     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef200449y     Document Type: Article

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