Effect of brine salinity on reservoir fluids interfacial tension

Society of Petroleum Engineers - EUROPEC/EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alotaibi, M B ^a   Nasr El Din, H A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; FLOODS; OIL WELL FLOODING; WELL FLOODING;

CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; ENHANCE OIL RECOVERIES; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MICROSCOPIC DISPLACEMENT; RESERVOIR FLUID; SALT CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES;

WATER INJECTION;

EID: 85049518826     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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