A comprehensive review of low salinity/engineered water injections and their applications in sandstone and carbonate rocks
EW Al-Shalabi, K Sepehrnoori - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The low salinity/engineered water injection techniques (LSWI/EWI) have become one of the
most important research topics in the oil industry because of their possible advantages for …
most important research topics in the oil industry because of their possible advantages for …
Low salinity waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs: Review of interfacial mechanisms
Carbonate rock reservoirs comprise approximately 60% of the world's oil and gas reserves.
Complex flow mechanisms and strong adsorption of crude oil on carbonate formation …
Complex flow mechanisms and strong adsorption of crude oil on carbonate formation …
Insights into the mechanism of wettability alteration by low-salinity flooding (LSF) in carbonates
The low-salinity effect (LSE) in carbonate rock has been less explored in comparison to
sandstone rock. Laboratory experiments have shown that brine composition and (somewhat …
sandstone rock. Laboratory experiments have shown that brine composition and (somewhat …
Electrokinetics of Carbonate/Brine Interface in Low-Salinity Waterflooding: Effect of Brine Salinity, Composition, Rock Type, and pH on ?-Potential and a Surface …
Laboratory studies have shown that wettability of carbonate rock can be altered to a less-oil-
wetting state by manipulation of brine composition and reduction of salinity. Our recent study …
wetting state by manipulation of brine composition and reduction of salinity. Our recent study …
[HTML][HTML] Effect of water salinity on oil/brine interfacial behaviour during low salinity waterflooding: A mechanistic study
In recent years, controlling the salinity and composition of the injected water has become an
emerging enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique, often described as low salinity (LS) …
emerging enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique, often described as low salinity (LS) …
Mechanisms of smart waterflooding in carbonate oil reservoirs-A review
J Hao, S Mohammadkhani, H Shahverdi… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …
describing the physical and chemical mechanisms for enhanced oil recovery under smart …
Implementation of rock typing on waterflooding process during secondary recovery in oil reservoirs: a case study, El Morgan Oil Field, Gulf of Suez, Egypt
Waterflooding is one of the most common secondary recovery methods in the oil and gas
industry. Globally, this process sometimes suffers a technical failure and inefficiency …
industry. Globally, this process sometimes suffers a technical failure and inefficiency …
Functional wettability in carbonate reservoirs
Oil adsorbs to carbonate reservoirs indirectly through a relatively thick separating water
layer, and directly to the surface through a relatively thin intervening water layer. Whereas …
layer, and directly to the surface through a relatively thin intervening water layer. Whereas …
Oil/water/rock wettability: Influencing factors and implications for low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs
Wettability of the oil/brine/rock system is an essential petro-physical parameter which
governs subsurface multiphase flow behaviour and the distribution of fluids, thus directly …
governs subsurface multiphase flow behaviour and the distribution of fluids, thus directly …
Experimental investigation on fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interactions in enhanced oil recovery by low salinity water flooding for carbonate reservoirs
The low salinity water flooding (LSWF) technique has established itself as cost-effective and
environment-friendly in nature but its mechanisms are still unclear. Recovery due to LSWF …
environment-friendly in nature but its mechanisms are still unclear. Recovery due to LSWF …