Evaluation of Reservoir Wettability and its Effect on Oil Recovery
- National Petroleum Technology Office
The objective of this five-year project are: (1) to achieve improved understanding of the surface and interfacial properties of crude oils and their interactions with mineral surfaces, (2) to apply the results of surface studies to improve predictions of oil production from laboratory measurements, and (3) to use the results of this research to recommend ways to improve oil recovery by waterflooding. During the second year of this project we have tested the generality of the proposed mechanisms by which crude oil components can alter wetting. Using these mechanisms, we have begun a program of characterizing crude oils with respect to their wettability altering potential. Wettability assessment has been improved by replacing glass with mica as a standard surface material and crude oils have been used to alter wetting in simple square glass capillary tubes in which the subsequent imbibition of water can be followed visually.
- Research Organization:
- National Petroleum Technology Office, Tulsa, OK (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC22-96ID13421
- OSTI ID:
- 8240
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/13421-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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