Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems
Low salinity waterflooding appears to be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly means to improve oil recovery by increasing hydrophilicity. However, the controlling factor(s) behind this process remains unclear. This research characterized wettability of oil-brine-rock system from nano to por...
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| author | Chen, Yongqiang |
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| description | Low salinity waterflooding appears to be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly means to improve oil recovery by increasing hydrophilicity. However, the controlling factor(s) behind this process remains unclear. This research characterized wettability of oil-brine-rock system from nano to pore scale through a combination of experiments and geochemical modelling, providing insights to better model multiphase flow at subsurface. New findings can also help to constrain the intrinsic uncertainties of CO2-assisted EOR with respect to wettability alteration. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-783252020-03-19T04:01:45Z Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems Chen, Yongqiang Low salinity waterflooding appears to be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly means to improve oil recovery by increasing hydrophilicity. However, the controlling factor(s) behind this process remains unclear. This research characterized wettability of oil-brine-rock system from nano to pore scale through a combination of experiments and geochemical modelling, providing insights to better model multiphase flow at subsurface. New findings can also help to constrain the intrinsic uncertainties of CO2-assisted EOR with respect to wettability alteration. 2019 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78325 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Chen, Yongqiang Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title | Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title_full | Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title_fullStr | Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title_short | Geochemical Modelling to Characterize Wettability of Oil-Brine-Rock Systems |
| title_sort | geochemical modelling to characterize wettability of oil-brine-rock systems |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78325 |