[HTML][HTML] A critical review of low salinity water flooding: Mechanism, laboratory and field application

A Katende, F Sagala - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

Review of low salinity waterflooding in carbonate rocks: mechanisms, investigation techniques, and future directions

JT Tetteh, PV Brady, RB Ghahfarokhi - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review analyses the fundamental thermodynamic theory of the crude oil-brine-rock
(COBR) interface and the underlying rock-brine and oil-brine interactions. The available …

Review of low salinity waterflooding mechanisms: Wettability alteration and its impact on oil recovery

F Liu, M Wang - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
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 …

Characteristics and applications of magnetized water as a green technology

E Esmaeilnezhad, HJ Choi, M Schaffie… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Water can be magnetized under an applied magnetic field, and some important properties of
magnetized water have become useful in industries associated with its surface tension, pH …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid–rock interactions and its implications on EOR: Critical analysis, experimental techniques and knowledge gaps

A Isah, M Arif, A Hassan, M Mahmoud, S Iglauer - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Exogenous Melatonin Spray Enhances Salinity Tolerance in Zizyphus Germplasm: A Brief Theory

R Ahmad, M Manzoor, HMD Muhammad, MA Altaf… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fruit orchards are frequently irrigated with brackish water. Irrigation with poor quality water is
also a major cause of salt accumulation in soil. An excess of salts results in stunted growth …

A systematic review of Anhydrite-Bearing Reservoirs: EOR Perspective, CO2-Geo-storage and future research

A Isah, M Arif, A Hassan, M Mahmoud, S Iglauer - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the rock/fluid interaction is key to the success of any enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) method. However, EOR methods are significantly affected when the reservoir …

[HTML][HTML] Application of surfactants in enhancing oil recovery from tight carbonates: Physicochemical properties and core flooding experiments

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactant formulations are optimized according to reservoir conditions to ensure their
efficiency in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This experimental study aimed to examine the …

Brine-dependent recovery processes in carbonate and sandstone petroleum reservoirs: review of laboratory-field studies, interfacial mechanisms and modeling …

AN Awolayo, HK Sarma, LX Nghiem - Energies, 2018 - mdpi.com
Brine-dependent recovery, which involves injected water ionic composition and strength,
has seen much global research efforts in the past two decades because of its benefits over …

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 …