Investigation of interactions of diluted microemulsions with shale rock and sand by adsorption and wettability measurements

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 391, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 201-207

  Zelenev, Andrei S ^a   Champagne, Lakia M ^a   Hamilton, Michael ^a,b  

^a Flotek Industries Company   (United States)

^b Polaris Laboratories LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Gas production; Microemulsions; Nonionic surfactants; Shale; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CONTACT ANGLE; DYES; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; OIL SHALE; QUARTZ; SAND; SHALE; SHALE OIL; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING;

D-LIMONENE; DISTILLED WATER; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ETHOXYLATED ALCOHOLS; GAS PRODUCTION; INFLECTION POINTS; MONITORING CHANGE; NONIONIC; OIL PHASE; OIL-IN-WATER; SHALE ROCKS; SOLUTION SYSTEM; W/O MICROEMULSIONS; WATER-IN-OIL; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

MICROEMULSIONS;

ALCOHOL; LIMONENE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; MEASUREMENT; MICROEMULSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SAND; SURFACE TENSION; WETTABILITY;

EID: 82355175977     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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