Improving water injectivity and enhancing oil recovery by wettability control using nanopowders

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 86-87, Issue , 2012, Pages 206-216

  Ju, Binshan ^a,b   Fan, Tailiang ^a,b   Li, Zhiping ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical agents; Enhanced oil recovery; Numerical simulator; Wettability control; Wettability index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; NUMERICAL SIMULATORS; WETTABILITY CONTROL; WETTABILITY INDEX;

ENHANCED RECOVERY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL FIELDS; POROUS MATERIALS; SIMULATORS; SOLVENTS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WATER INJECTION; WATER TREATMENT;

WETTING;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID INJECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL FIELD; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84860360903     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.03.022     Document Type: Article

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