Effect of temperature, wettability and relative permeability on oil recovery from oil-wet chalk

Energies

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-34

  Hamouda, Aly A ^a   Karoussi, Omid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fluid rock interaction; Interfacial tension (IFT); Oil Recovery; Relative Permeability; Temperature; Wettability (Contact angle)

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; FLUID/ROCK INTERACTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE RESERVOIRS; INTERACTION POTENTIALS; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; REPULSIVE FORCES; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

LIMESTONE;

EID: 85021418939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en1010019     Document Type: Article

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