Message from Local Organizing Committee:
The 11th Wettability Symposium will be held at the University of Calgary on September 7-9, 2010, in Calgary, Canada. An ice-breaker reception/registration will be held on the evening of the 6th September at the Hotel Alma at the University of Calgary.
We invite you to submit a 300 word abstract based on your current research in wettability and encourage you to indicate one or two of the sessions(see below) which best describes your topic of interest. Further details regarding length of abstract, formatting, as well as information on the conference venue can be obtained from
Dr. Barry Bennett.
For your information the abstract deadline is March 31, 2010. Authors will be notified by e-mail of acceptance or rejection before May 31, 2010.
PROPOSED SESSIONS AND DISCUSSION TOPICS:
• 1) Fundamentals of Reservoir Wettability
– Pure systems
– Glass models
– COBR
• 2) Wettability and Oil Recovery
– Conventional oil and gas reservoirs
– Heavy oil and oil sands
• 3) Wettability simulation / modelling
– Pore scale modelling
• 4) Wettability and its effect on oil sand processing
– Bitumen separation from oil sands/clays etc
• 5) Wettability alteration during thermal recovery
– SAGD, CSS, catalytic/combustion upgrading
• 6) Surfactants / modification of wettability
– Chalk reservoirs
– Oil components
– pH modifications during waterflooding
– Microbiological aspects
• 7) Spontaneous Imbibition
• 8) Wettability: methods of measuring / detecting phenomenon
• 9) Wettability in Carbonate systems
We also welcome your suggestions of others who might be interested in participating in this conference. Please send names (including affiliation, e-mail) of these potential contributors.
