[HTML][HTML] A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechanism, laboratory and field application
Low-salinity water flooding (LSW) is a promising new technique for enhancing oil recovery
(EOR) in both sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. The potential of LSW has drawn the …
(EOR) in both sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. The potential of LSW has drawn the …
Review of low salinity waterflooding mechanisms: Wettability alteration and its impact on oil recovery
Low salinity waterflooding (LSW) has attracted attention of numerous researchers as a
promising technique for enhanced oil recovery, yet its application is still limited because of …
promising technique for enhanced oil recovery, yet its application is still limited because of …
[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic investigation of enhanced oil recovery: The effect of aqueous floods and network wettability
Rock wettability significantly influences underground oil extraction efficiency during
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. We experimentally examine the effect of wettability …
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. We experimentally examine the effect of wettability …
Salinity-dependent contact angle alteration in oil/brine/silicate systems: the critical role of divalent cations
The effectiveness of water flooding oil recovery depends to an important extent on the
competitive wetting of oil and water on the solid rock matrix. Here, we use macroscopic …
competitive wetting of oil and water on the solid rock matrix. Here, we use macroscopic …
Direct insights into the micro and macro scale mechanisms of symbiotic effect of SO42−, Mg2+, and Ca2+ ions concentration for smart waterflooding in the carbonated …
Up to now, a large number of studies revealed that smart waterflooding is a cost-effective
method by considering the effect of potential determining ions (PDI) on enhanced oil …
method by considering the effect of potential determining ions (PDI) on enhanced oil …
[HTML][HTML] Impact of pore morphology on two-phase flow dynamics under wettability alteration
Low salinity waterflooding aims to alter rock wettability from oil-wet towards less oil-wet or
water-wet conditions. There is a limited understanding of how wettability alteration impacts …
water-wet conditions. There is a limited understanding of how wettability alteration impacts …
Development of a microfluidic method to study enhanced oil recovery by low salinity water flooding
M Saadat, PA Tsai, TH Ho, G Øye, M Dudek - Acs Omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics is an appealing method to study processes at rock pore scale such as oil
recovery because of the similar size range. It also offers several advantages over the …
recovery because of the similar size range. It also offers several advantages over the …
Low salinity waterflooding at West Salym: Laboratory experiments and field forecasts
BM Suijkerbuijk, TG Sorop, AR Parker… - SPE Improved Oil …, 2014 - onepetro.org
Abstract Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSF) is a rapidly emerging IOR/EOR technology that
improves oil recovery by lowering the injection water salinity. A membrane-based …
improves oil recovery by lowering the injection water salinity. A membrane-based …
[HTML][HTML] Low salinity water flooding (LSWF), can we move forward? The economic case
Low-salinity water flooding (LSWF) is a technique used in both improved oil recovery (IOR)
and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and may be employed at any stage of hydrocarbon …
and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and may be employed at any stage of hydrocarbon …
Triple-layer surface complexation modelling: Characterization of oil-brine interfacial zeta potential under varying conditions of temperature, pH, oil properties and …
Low salinity water flooding (LSWF) is a popular enhanced oil recovery technique. Among
factors that affect the performance of LSWF, geochemical interaction at the oil-brine interface …
factors that affect the performance of LSWF, geochemical interaction at the oil-brine interface …