Phase behavior and interfacial tension evaluation of a newly designed surfactant on heavy oil displacement efficiency; effects of salinity, wettability, and capillary pressure

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 396, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Dehghan, A A ^a   Masihi, M ^a   Ayatollahi, Sh ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical flooding; Heavy oil; Interfacial tension; Phase behavior; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CRUDE OIL; EFFLUENTS; EMULSIFICATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FLOODS; OIL SHALE; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION; WELL FLOODING; WETTING;

APPLICATION OF SURFACTANTS; CAPILLARY DESATURATION; CHEMICAL FLOODING; DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURES; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84925624365     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2015.03.028     Document Type: Article

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