Surfactant-enhanced oil recovery from fractured oil-wet carbonates: Effects of low IFT and wettability alteration

Proceedings - SPE International Symposium on Oilfield Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 1225-1248

  Chen, Peila ^a   Mohanty, Kishore K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; CARBONATES; FRACTURE; MICELLES; OIL FIELDS; OILFIELD CHEMISTRY; WETTING;

CAPILLARY DESATURATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION; SPONTANEOUS IMBIBITION; SULFONATE SURFACTANTS; SURFACTANT ADSORPTION; SURFACTANT FORMULATION; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84939490788     PISSN: 10461779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/173797-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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