Experimental study of the low salinity water injection process in the presence of scale inhibitor and various nanoparticles

A Khormali, MR Koochi, MA Varfolomeev… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, the process of low salinity water injection (LSWI) into reservoirs at various salt
concentrations was simulated in order to study the change in the oil recovery factor during …

[HTML][HTML] A short review of recent studies on applying low salinity water injection in unconventional reservoirs: an experimental approach

K Hassani - Unconventional Resources, 2022 - Elsevier
The primary production from unconventional reservoirs remains almost low, so applying
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods is inevitable. Due to the different structures of these …

Data-driven connectionist models for performance prediction of low salinity waterflooding in sandstone reservoirs

A Tatar, I Askarova, A Shafiei, M Rayhani - ACS omega, 2021 - ACS Publications
Low salinity waterflooding (LSWF) and its variants also known as smart water or ion tuned
water injection have emerged as promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. LSWF is …

Permeability Decline by Clay Fines Migration around a Low‐Salinity Fluid Injection Well

A Cihan, R Petrusak, P Bhuvankar, D Alumbaugh… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Migration of clay fines can be a concern when less saline fluids are injected into brine‐
saturated sandstone formations containing clays. If the salinity near fluid injection wells …

[HTML][HTML] Soaking time effect on low salinity water injection in sandstone reservoirs: Wettability, SEM, relative permeability, and waterflooding studies

K Hassani, B Rostami, A Fathollahi… - Egyptian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study used core and thin section analysis to investigate the time of soaking and factors
that affect the mechanisms presented in the low salinity water (LSW) process. Applying a …

Rock wettability and interfacial tension improvement by exposure time effect in modified water injection process coupled with silica nanoparticles

K Hassani, W Zheng, B Rostami - Petroleum Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
New approaches to low salinity water (LSW) injection methods, such as LSW/surfactant,
LSW/polymer, and LSW/nanofluid flooding, have been studied for oil reservoirs. Numerous …

Reduction of residual oil in oil-wet carbonate formations by application of hybrid smart water/silica nanofluid enhanced oil recovery method

M Mahmoudpour, P Pourafshary, B Moradi… - Offshore Technology …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Smart water flooding has recently been considered as an attractive EOR method due to its
lack of expensive chemicals. Alterations in oil/brine/rock interactions in porous media, such …

The Effect of Blending Polymeric and Phosphonate Scale Inhibitors on Fluid/Fluid and Rock/Fluid Interactions: A Comprehensive Experimental and Theoretical Study

S Talebi, S Riahi, B Rostami - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
Using seawater or engineered water to inject into oil formations can cause inorganic scaling,
such as calcium sulfate, barium sulfate, and strontium sulfate. These scales may clog pore …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation into effects of the natural polymer and nanoclay particles on the EOR performance of chemical flooding in carbonate reservoirs

AM Zamani, A Moslemi, K Hassani - Petroleum Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate the tragacanth gum potential as a natural polymer combined
with natural clay mineral (montmorillonite, kaolinite, and illite) nanoparticles (NPs) to form …

Understanding the enhanced oil recovery performance of low salinity water injection: which mechanism is predominant?

K Hassani, A Saeibehrouzi, B Rostami… - 82nd EAGE Annual …, 2021 - earthdoc.org
In this study, wettability alteration, fine migration, and double-layer expansion mechanisms
in a particular condition are investigated to find the predominant mechanism. Amott-Harvey …