Wettability alteration during surfactant flooding of carbonate reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn 2004-April, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Seethepalli, A ^a   Adibhatla, B ^a   Mohanty, K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC SURFACTANTS; BIOPHYSICS; CALCITE; CARBONATION; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; CRUDE OIL; DYES; LIME; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WETTING;

ADSORPTION EXPERIMENT; ALKALINE ANIONIC SURFACTANT; CARBONATE RESERVOIR; CARBONATE SURFACES; FRACTURED CARBONATES; IMPROVE OIL RECOVERY; SURFACTANT FLOODING; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

OIL WELL FLOODING;

EID: 84959098771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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