Wettability survey in bakken shale with surfactant-formulation imbibition

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 695-705

  Wang, Dongmei ^a   Butler, Ray ^a   Zhang, Jin ^a   Seright, Randy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; SHALE OIL; WETTING;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; DISPLACERS; ENHANCED-OIL RECOVERIES; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FLUID-FLOW; OIL RECOVERIES; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; RESERVOIR WETTABILITY; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; THIRD PHASE;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BRINE; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FLUID FLOW; FORMATION WATER; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; IMBIBITION; PH; SALINITY; SHALE; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TESTING METHOD; WETTABILITY;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WILLISTON BASIN;

EID: 84873295975     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/153853-pa     Document Type: Article

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