Pore-Scale Monitoring of Wettability Alteration by Silica Nanoparticles During Polymer Flooding to Heavy Oil in a Five-Spot Glass Micromodel

Ali Maghzi, Ali Mohebbi, Riyaz Kharrat, Mohammad Hossein Ghazanfari

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90 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)653-664
Number of pages12
JournalTransport in porous media
Volume87
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2011

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments The authors appreciate the Petroleum University of Technology Research Center in Tehran for providing laboratory facilities and Research and development center of National Iranian Oil Company for providing financial aids in completing this work.

Keywords

  • Dispersed silica nanoparticles
  • Glass Micromodel
  • Microscopic displacement
  • Polymer flooding
  • Wettability

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