Investigation of wettability alteration and oil-recovery improvement by low-salinity water in sandstone rock

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-154

  Nasralla, Ramez A ^a   Bataweel, Mohammed A ^a   Nasr El Din, Hisham A ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CRUDE OIL; ELECTRODYNAMICS; IONIC STRENGTH; MICA; OIL WELL FLOODING; SANDSTONE; WATER INJECTION; WETTING;

BEREA SANDSTONE; COREFLOOD EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROKINETIC CHARGE; LOW-SALINITY WATER; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; OPTIMISATIONS; PRIMARY MECHANISM; RECOVERY MECHANISMS; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ZETA POTENTIAL;

EID: 84876579821     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: 21564663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/146322-pa     Document Type: Article

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