Pore scale observation of low salinity effects on outcrop and oil reservoir sandstone

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 390, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 179-188

  Hassenkam, T ^a   Pedersen, C S ^a   Dalby, K ^a   Austad, T ^b   Stipp, S L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Clay nanoparticles; EOR Enhanced oil recovery ; Ion dispersion; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; NANOPARTICLES; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SAND; SANDSTONE; SEAWATER;

ADHESION FORCES; ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; ATOMIC FORCE; CLAY NANOPARTICLES; CONTACT-MODE AFM; CORE PLUGS; DIVALENT CATION; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; EOR [ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY]; FORMATION WATER; HIGH SALINITY; INJECTED WATER; INTERNAL PORES; ION DISPERSION; LOW SALINITY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; OIL RESERVOIRS; POLAR COMPONENTS; PORE SCALE; PORE SURFACE; RESERVOIR SANDSTONES; SALINITY CHANGE; SAND GRAINS; SANDSTONE RESERVOIRS; TREATMENT METHODS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PETROLEUM; SEA WATER;

ADHESION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOODING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SALINITY; SAND; SOLVENT EFFECT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 80855139772     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.09.025     Document Type: Article

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