Wettability Alteration of Sandstone and Carbonate Rocks by Using ZnO Nanoparticles in Heavy Oil Reservoirs

Efforts to enhance oil recovery through wettability alteration by nanoparticles have been attracted in recent years. However, many basic questions have been ambiguous up until now. Nanoparticles penetrate into pore volume of porous media, stick on the core surface, and by creating homogeneous water-...

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Main Authors: Masoumeh Tajmiri, Seyed Mousa Mousavi, Mohammad Reza Ehsani, Emad Roayaei, Ali Emadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Petroleum University of Technology 2015-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Oil & Gas Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://ijogst.put.ac.ir/article_12479_d354237318c2e3288f86ea6d4a345772.pdf