A systematic and critical review of application of molecular dynamics simulation in low salinity water injection

M Ghasemi, A Shafiei, J Foroozesh - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Low Salinity Water Injection (LSWI) has been a well-researched EOR method, with
several experimental and theoretical scientific papers reported in the literature over the past …

Literature Review of Hybrid CO2 Low Salinity Water-Alternating-Gas Injection and Investigation on Hysteresis Effect

S Ma, LA James - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Low salinity water injection (LSWI) is considered to be more cost-effective and has less
environmental impacts over conventional chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods …

[HTML][HTML] Gas channeling control with an in-situ smart surfactant gel during water-alternating-CO2 enhanced oil recovery

XJ Luo, B Wei, K Gao, B Jing, B Huang, P Guo, HY Yin… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Undesirable gas channeling always occurs along the high-permeability layers in
heterogeneous oil reservoirs during water-alternating-CO 2 (WAG) flooding, and …

Microfluidics experimental investigation of the mechanisms of enhanced oil recovery by low salinity water flooding in fractured porous media

A Mahmoudzadeh, M Fatemi, M Masihi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Spontaneous imbibition of water from fracture into the matrix is considered as one of the
most important recovery mechanisms in the fractured porous media. However, water cannot …

In-situ fines migration and grains redistribution induced by mineral reactions–Implications for clogging during water injection in carbonate aquifers

Y Wang, ALZ Almutairi, P Bedrikovetsky, WA Timms… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water injection into an aquifer is generally motivated by one of three objectives: disposal,
managed aquifer recharge (MAR), or aquifer storage and recovery (ASR). Any of these …

Fines migration and permeability decline during reservoir depletion coupled with clay swelling due to low-salinity water injection: An analytical study

S Tangparitkul, A Saul, C Leelasukseree… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fines migration is crucial for reservoir permeability, involving both fine particle detachment
and re-deposition along the flow channels. Fines migration behavior can either promote or …

Review on underlying mechanisms of low salinity waterflooding: comparisons between sandstone and carbonate

C Lyu, L Zhong, Z Ning, M Chen, DR Cole - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Low salinity effects (LSE) improved recovery could be obtained by reducing salinity and/or
modifying the specific ions of injected brines. Low salinity waterflooding (LSW) is described …

Effect of temperature on mineral reactions and fines migration during low-salinity water injection into Berea sandstone

Y Wang, M Yu, Z Bo, P Bedrikovetsky… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent experiments on sandstone rocks found more fines migration at higher temperature.
They attributed this to temperature-dependent zeta potential. However, temperature also …

Visual investigation of the effect of clay-induced fluid flow diversion on oil recovery, as a low-salinity water flooding mechanism

A Mehdizad, B Sedaee, P Pourafshary - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-salinity water flooding (LSWF) is an EOR method applicable to both sandstone and
carbonate reservoirs. In recent years, LSWF has become an attractive technique but still …

Optimization of injection water composition during low salinity water flooding in carbonate rocks: A numerical simulation study

Z Negahdari, S Khandoozi, M Ghaedi… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low salinity water flooding as a novel enhanced oil recovery method has gained increased
attention especially during the past decade. Akin to other methods, low salinity water …