Recent research has highlighted wettability alteration as the main consequence of the
different mechanisms involved in technologies such as adjusted brine composition water …

Low-salinity water flooding (LSWF) for hydrocarbon recovery has attracted industrial
attention, owing to its simplicity and economic feasibility. Although this topic has received …

In this paper, the effects of salinity and active ions on wettability alteration in carbonate
reservoirs with different initial wettability conditions with implications in smart water flood …

Waterflooding has been regarded as an efficient method for pressure maintenance of oil
reservoirs. x Improved techniques such as Smart Water flooding as a new EOR/IOR process …

Although wettability alteration has been shown to be the main control mechanism of Low
Salinity and Smart Water (LS-SmW) injection, our understanding of the phenomena resulting …

The utilization of smart water flooding to enhance oil recovery (EOR) has gained great
interest in carbonate reservoirs. This research analyzed previous studies on how smart …

There is a fast growing body of research and publications on the application of" smart
waters" for improvement of recovery from oil reservoirs. The results of a wide range of …

Considering the low percentage of oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs, EOR methods
receive more attention in these reservoirs, and smart water flooding shows some promising …

The injected brine composition has been observed to have intense effect on efficiency of
waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs. This process is known as smart waterflooding and …

Water injection has been used in the oil industry for a long time. This oil recovery method is
considered relatively inexpensive and water is easy to inject, even in hostile environments …