Wettability alteration of sandstone cores by alumina-based nanofluids

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3659-3665

  Giraldo, Juliana ^a   Benjumea, Pedro ^a   Lopera, Sergio ^a   Cortés, Farid B ^a   Ruiz, Marco A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA NANOPARTICLE; COMMERCIAL SURFACTANTS; CROSSOVER POINTS; IMBIBITION PROCESS; OIL RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; OIL-WET RESERVOIR; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ALUMINA; ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; DISPERSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; SANDSTONE; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING;

NANOFLUIDICS;

EID: 84880551587     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef4002956     Document Type: Article

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