Improved characterization of EOR processes in 3D. Characterizing mineralogy, wettability and residual fluid phases at the pore scale

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Enhanced Oil Recovery Conference 2011, EORC 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1562-1567

  Knackstedt, Mark ^a   Senden, Tim ^a   Carnerup, Anna ^a   Fogden, Andrew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; CARBONATE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; INTER-DISCIPLINARY STUDIES; MICRO CT; MICROSCOPIC DISTRIBUTION; NATIVE STATE; ORIGINAL HYDROCARBON IN PLACES; PORE SCALE; PORE SPACE; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; RECOVERY PROCESS; RESERVOIR ROCK; RESIDUAL FLUIDS; RESIDUAL OIL; RESIDUAL PHASE; ROCK STRUCTURES; ROCK SURFACES; SEM-EDS; SURFACE CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENHANCED RECOVERY; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY;

EID: 80755136823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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