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Application of wettability alteration in the exploitation of unconventional liquid resources
Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2016 This study investigates the wettability measurement methods suitable for unconventional reservoirs, summarizes the wettability characteristics of unconventional reservoir rocks, overviews the current state-of-the-art applications of wettability ...
J O ALVAREZ, D S SCHECHTER
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Characteristics of Viscoelastic-Surfactant-Induced Wettability Alteration in Porous Media
Energies, 2021 Wettability alteration is one of the most important mechanisms of surfactant flooding. In this work, the combined Amott/USBM (United States Bureau of Mines) method was applied to study the average wettability alteration of initially neutral cores after ...
Kexing Li +5 more
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Molecular Dynamics Investigation of Wettability Alteration of Quartz Surface under Thermal Recovery Processes [PDF]
Molecules, 2023 One of the primary methods for bitumen and heavy oil recovery is a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) process. However, the mechanisms related to wettability alteration under the SAGD process still need to be fully understood.
Mohammadali Ahmadi, Zhangxin Chen
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Chelating agents’ application for well stimulation is gaining more and more interest, as they can perform under harsh conditions. However, the mutual influence of surfactants and chelating agents on the wettability alteration of hydrophobic carbonate ...
Timur Ildarovich Yunusov +4 more
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Energies, 2023 Modifying reservoir surface wetting properties is an appealing topic to the upstream oil and gas industry for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery as the shifting of reservoir rock surface wetting from oil-wet to water-wet has enhanced the oil recovery by as ...
Abhishek Ratanpara, Myeongsub Kim
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A Laboratory Investigation into Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Rock by Surfactants: The Effect of Salinity, pH, and Surfactant Concentration [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Oil & Gas Science and Technology, 2014 Wettability alteration is an important method for increasing oil recovery from oil-wet carbonate reservoirs. Chemical agents like surfactants are known as wettability modifiers in carbonate systems.
Mohsen Seid Mohammadi +2 more
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Digital rock workflow to calculate wettability distribution in a reservoir rock [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 Wettability has a strong influence on multi-phase flow behavior through reservoir rock. Reservoir rocks tend to have spatially varying wettability. Prior to contact with oil, rocks are almost always naturally water-wet. As oil invades the pore-space over
Islam Ashraful +2 more
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Evaluation of a New Agent for Wettability Alteration During Enhanced Oil Recovery [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2020 Wettability alteration is an important mechanism when applying surfactants during enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Moreover, in carbonate reservoirs, the rock has more tendencies to be oil-wet than those of sandstone reservoirs.
Ghassem Zargar +4 more
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A Novel Method with Dilute Surfactant Flooding by Considering the Effect of Time and Temperature on Crude Oil Aging, Experimental Study on Heavy Oil of Bangestan [PDF]
Journal of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2017 Wettability alteration has been a sophisticated issue for scientists and reservoir engineers since early 20th century; thus, many investigations have been carried out to determine wettability and enhance it to ideal conditions, which leads to improvement
Mohammadamir Heidari
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Energies, 2021 Waterflooding remains the most commonly used method to improve oil recovery. Although the injected brine type is mainly dependent on its availability, few of its characteristics can be controlled during project design. Published laboratory work indicates
Fabio Bordeaux-Rego +3 more
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