A new dynamic wettability alteration model for oil-wet cores during surfactant solution imbibition

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-283

  Kalaei, M Hosein ^a   Green, Don W ^b   Willhite, G Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

DYNAMIC WETTABILITIES; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; HISTORY MATCHING; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84864005490     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/153329-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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