Nanotechnology-assisted EOR techniques: New solutions to old challenges

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 382-396

  Ayatollahi, Shahab ^a,b   Zerafat, Mohammad M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OFFSHORE OIL FIELDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; PROVEN RESERVES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FORMATION DAMAGE; GIANT OIL RESERVOIRS; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LARGE SCALE TESTS; PROVED OIL RESERVES; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84866238478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/157094-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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