Residual-oil recovery through injection of biosurfactant, chemical surfactant, and mixtures of both under reservoir temperatures: Induced-wettability and interfacial-tension effects

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 210-217

  Al Sulaimani, Hanaa ^a,b   Al Wahaibi, Yahya ^a,b   Ai Bahry, Saif ^a,c   Elshafie, Abdulkadir ^a,b   Al Bemani, Ali ^a,b   Joshi, Sanket ^b   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^a,d  

^a SPE   (United States)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^c SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^d SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAPHENE; MIXING; OIL FIELDS; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS STRAINS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; OIL CONTAMINATED SOIL; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; WETTABILITY ALTERATION; WETTABILITY INDEX; WETTABILITY TESTS; WETTING CONDITIONS;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM; BEREA SANDSTONE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; GRAPHITE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; MIXING RATIO; OIL FIELD; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACTANT; WETTABILITY;

OMAN;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84859614248     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/158022-PA     Document Type: Article

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