Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

Nearly half of the world's oil reserves are found in carbonate reservoirs, which have
heterogeneous formation characteristics and are naturally fractured. Because of the …

Laboratory experiments and field trials have shown that oil recovery from carbonate
reservoirs can be increased by modifying the brine composition injected during recovery in a …

The goal of the present paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature
describing the physical and chemical mechanisms for enhanced oil recovery under smart …

This study presents experiment and surface complexation modeling (SCM) of synthetic
calcite zeta potential in brine with mixed potential determining ions (PDI) under various CO 2 …

Abstract Characterization of fluid–rock interactions is essential for a broad range of
subsurface applications such as understanding fluid flow in porous medium and enhanced …

The nature of carbonate reservoirs promotes the adsorption of oil onto the rock surface
hence making oil recovery a challenge even with the interventions of varied chemical EOR …

Generally, crude oil production in mature oil reservoirs is difficult. In this regard, some
nanoparticles have been used to upgrade injected water into oil reservoirs. These …

A large amount of the discovered oil reserves are reserved in carbonate formations, which
are mostly naturally fractured oil-wet. Wettability alteration towards more water-wet state …

Abstract Although the terms Low Salinity Sea Water and Smart Sea Water have been used
interchangeably as one of Enhanced Oil Recovery methods in recent years, the present …