pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding

doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2018.05.015

Title: pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding

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Authors:: Xie, Quan; Sari, Ahmad; Pu, Wanfen; Chen, Yongqiang; Brady, Patrick V.; Al Maskari, Nasser; Saeedi, Ali

Publication Date:: 2018-09-01

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1591682

Grant/Contract Number:: NA-0003525

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering Journal Volume: 168 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-4105

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: Netherlands

Language:: English

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                    Xie, Quan, Sari, Ahmad, Pu, Wanfen, Chen, Yongqiang, Brady, Patrick V., Al Maskari, Nasser, and Saeedi, Ali. pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding.  Netherlands: N. p., 2018. 
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                    Xie, Quan, Sari, Ahmad, Pu, Wanfen, Chen, Yongqiang, Brady, Patrick V., Al Maskari, Nasser, & Saeedi, Ali. pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding.  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2018.05.015.

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                    Xie, Quan, Sari, Ahmad, Pu, Wanfen, Chen, Yongqiang, Brady, Patrick V., Al Maskari, Nasser, and Saeedi, Ali. Sat .  
        "pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding".  Netherlands.  doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2018.05.015.

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  title        = {pH effect on wettability of oil/brine/carbonate system: Implications for low salinity water flooding},

  author       = {Xie, Quan and Sari, Ahmad and Pu, Wanfen and Chen, Yongqiang and Brady, Patrick V. and Al Maskari, Nasser and Saeedi, Ali},

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  journal      = {Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 168,

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  year         = {2018},

  month        = {9}

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