Dantas Neto, Afonso AvelinoSoares, Ana Paula Justino2017-01-112017-01-112016-05-24SOARES, Ana Paula Justino. Influência da molhabilidade da rocha na recuperação de petróleo de reservatórios carbonáticos. 2016. 150f. Tese (Doutorado em Engenharia Química) - Centro de Tecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2016.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/21609In order to optimize the oil production techniques, both in efficiency and in operating costs, the wettability of the reservoir, a property that directly affects the oil production, plays an important role in various advanced oil recovery processes. In this context, this thesis studied the influence of the inversion of the wettability of the rock in the production and recovery of carbonate reservoirs using surfactant solution, microemulsion systems and microemulsion systems with added polymers. Different systems were used (rock-fluid), which were chosen to elucidate the relative effects of the reduction in interfacial tension and changes in oil-water wettability. A cationic surfactant has been chosen, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (C16TAB), and two important surfactant properties were evaluated, critical micelle concentration and the Krafft point, and all systems were characterized by droplet size measurements, surface and interfacial tension, and viscosity. The modification of rock wettability was primarily evaluated by contact angle measurements, however for some systems tests of spontaneous imbibition were also carried out. Systems with the highest potential, in accordance with the results of the characterizations and change in wettability of wet-oil to wet-water, were applied to the reservoir simulator to make it possible to quantify the effects of the use of such systems in the rock properties and the fluid contained therein. The best recovery results were achieved when using the polymeric microemulsion, obtaining recovery up to 95% of the oil.Acesso AbertoRocha carbonáticaMolhabilidadeRecuperação avançada de petróleoTensoativoMicroemulsãoPolímerodoctoralThesisCNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA QUIMICA