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Title: Characterization of Mixed Wettability at Different Scales and its Impact on Oil Recovery Efficiency

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/790847· OSTI ID:790847

The objectives of this project was to: (1) quantify the pore scale mechanisms that determine the wettability state of a reservoir, (2) study the effect of crude oil, brine and mineral compositions in the establishment of mixed wet states, (3) clarify the effect of mixed - wettability on oil displacement efficiency in waterfloods, (4) develop a new tracer technique to measure wettability, fluid distributions, residual saturation's and relative permeabilities, and (5) develop methods for properly incorporating wettability in up-scaling from pore to core to reservoir scales.

Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Tulsa, OK (United States). National Petroleum Technology Office (NPTO)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Fossil Energy (FE) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC26-98BC14205
OSTI ID:
790847
Report Number(s):
DOE/BC/15205-1; TRN: US200204%%75
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 28 Jan 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English