Predicting the critical salt concentrations of monovalent and divalent brines to initiate fines migration using DLVO modeling

R Muneer, MR Hashmet, P Pourafshary - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Fine particles are released from sandstone reservoirs at a salinity known as the critical salt
concentration (CSC), which is strongly dependent on monovalent and divalent ions in the …

Formation damage of sandstone geothermal reservoirs: During decreased salinity water injection

R Chai, Y Liu, L Xue, Z Rui, R Zhao, J Wang - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Water reinjection was widely implemented in the geothermal development for not only
disposing tailwater but also maintaining reservoir pressure. Accompanying this was the …

DLVO Modeling to Predict Critical Salt Concentration to Initiate Fines Migration Pre-and Post-Nanofluid Treatment in Sandstones

R Muneer, MR Hashmet, P Pourafshary - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
The critical salt concentration (CSC) of injected water used for various water-based oil
recovery operations is the salt concentration below which fine particles are released and …

Well inflow performance under fines migration during water-cut increase

C Nguyen, G Loi, T Russell, SRM Shafian, NN Zulkifli… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Fines migration is a widespread cause of productivity problems for oil production wells.
Modelling efforts often focus on the effect of high fluid velocities in the near wellbore region …

Interfacial and confinement-mediated organization of gas hydrates, water, organic fluids, and nanoparticles for the utilization of subsurface energy and geological …

S Mohammed, H Asgar, M Deo, G Gadikota - Energy & Fuels, 2021 - ACS Publications
Harnessing the subsurface geologic environments in an efficient and environmentally
sustainable manner is challenged by uncertainties associated with predicting the fate of …

Permeability evolution of fractured granite after exposure to different high-temperature treatments

QL Ding, P Wang, Z Cheng - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
A detailed understanding of permeability in fractured granite after exposure to high-
temperature treatments under different confining pressures is critical for deep resource …

Experimental study on optimizing tailwater reinjection technology for weakly consolidated sandstone geothermal reservoirs

J Xia, H Tian, B Dou, J Zheng, X Lai, H Zhang, W Sun - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
The difficulty of recharging the weakly consolidated sandstone geothermal reservoirs
(WCSGR) is a macroscopic manifestation of the interplay of multiple factors associated with …

Impact of shape on particle detachment in linear shear flows

HZ Ting, P Bedrikovetsky, ZF Tian… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Transport and detachment of colloidal particles with irregular shapes occur in geology,
environmental, and water-resource engineering. We investigated the effect of shape and …

Evaluation of stratigraphic adaptability for hydrate-based CO2 sequestration in marine clay-containing reservoirs

T Wang, Z Fan, L Sun, L Yang, J Zhao, L Zhang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Geological sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in solid hydrate state beneath seafloor is
an attractive option for mitigating global warming. However, as a representative geological …

Study on dynamic fracture properties of sandstone under the effect of high-temperature using large-scale sample

W Gao, Z Zhu, P Ying, Y Li, H Qiu, M Wang… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2022 - Elsevier
High temperatures are a crucial factor in the drilling of rock and the extraction of geothermal
resources, to investigate the change rules of the dynamic fracture mechanism and physical …