Experimental study of wettability alteration of limestone rock from oil-wet to water-wet using various surfactants

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Heavy Oil Conference Canada 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 746-761

  Golabi, Elyas ^a   Azad, Fakhry Seyedeyn ^b   Ayatollahi, Sayed Shahabuddin ^c   Hosseini, Sayed Nooroldine ^a   Akhlaghi, Naser ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE FRACTURE RESERVOIRS; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CHEMICAL SURFACES; DODECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEXADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDE; INJECTION WATER; LIMESTONE ROCKS; NEGATIVE CAPILLARY PRESSURE; OIL DROPS; OIL SAMPLES; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURES; SECONDARY OIL RECOVERIES; SODIUM DODECYLBENZENE SULFONATE; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; STEAM INJECTION; TRITON X-100; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CARBONATION; FRACTURE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; LIMESTONE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; SODIUM; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 84866262461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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