Journal of Petroleum Technology, Vol.54, No.10, 49-50, 2002
Effect of capillary pressure, salinity and aging on wettability alteration
Oil recovery is affected greatly by fluid/rock and fluid/fluid interactions. These surface chemical interactions directly control rock wettability, capillary-pressure curves, and relative permeabilities. Centrifuge flow tests were performed on Berea sandstone and Texas Cream limestone cores with a range of fluids under different conditions to identify factors influencing the residual wetting and nonwetting phase saturations and oil recovery.