Wettability alteration in high temperature and high salinity carbonate reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 4092-4106

  Sharma, Gaurav ^a   Mohanty, Kishore K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CONTACT ANGLE; DYES; WETTING; WETTING AGENTS;

AQUEOUS STABILITY; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CARBONATE ROCK; DILUTE CONCENTRATIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SURFACTANT SYSTEM; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

SECONDARY RECOVERY;

EID: 84856763854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/147306-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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