Wettability alteration and foam mobility control in a layered, 2D heterogeneous sandpack

SPE Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1207-1220

  Li, Robert F ^a   Hirasaki, George J ^a   Miller, Clarence A ^a   Masalmeh, Shehadeh K ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shell Technology   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BETAINES; BLENDING; CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; RECOVERY; WETTING;

COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; CUMULATIVE RECOVERY; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; HIGH PERMEABILITY ZONE; LOW PERMEABILITY ZONE; ORIGINAL OIL IN PLACES; PERMEABILITY CONTRASTS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 84876402097     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/141462-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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