Enhanced Oil Recovery from the Bakken Shale Using Surfactant Imbibition Couple with Gravity DrainageCX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 12/08/2010Location(s): Grand Forks, North DakotaOffice(s): Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
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December 8, 2010
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Enhanced Oil Recovery from the Bakken Shale Using Surfactant Imbibition Couple with Gravity Drainage
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 12/08/2010
Location(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota
Office(s): Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 12/08/2010
Location(s): Grand Forks, North Dakota
Office(s): Fossil Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
Determine whether surfactant solutions can alter the wettability of the Bakken shale formation so that oil recovery can be enhanced by a mechanism involving imbibition.