It is widely accepted that oil recovery during waterflooding can be improved by modifying the
composition of the injected brine, typically by lowering the total salinity to less than 5000 …

Distinguished Author Series articles are general, descriptive representations that summarize
the state of the art in an area of technology by describing recent developments for readers …

A thorough literature review is conducted that pertains to low-salinity-based enhanced oil
recovery (EOR). This is meant to be a comprehensive review of all the refereed published …

Laboratory studies conducted over a period of many years have indicated that oil recovery
could be improved by injecting lower salinity water (less than about 5,000 ppm). Although …

Injecting low salinity brines is regarded as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process through
IFT reduction. However, the exact mechanism behind this process is an unsettled and …

Low-salinity (lowsal) waterflooding has been evaluated for increased oil recovery (IOR) at
the Snorre field. Coreflooding experiments and a single-well chemical tracer-test (SWCTT) …

Numerous examples of dependency of waterflood efficiency on brine composition have
been observed for sandstones. Improved oil recovery depends on complex crude …

Waterflooding is by far the most widely applied method of improved oil recovery. Crude
oil/water/rock interactions can lead to large variations in the displacement efficiency of …

Low salinity water (LSW) flooding is a novel and emerging technique for oil recovery and
has received significant attention recently by petroleum industries as an efficient …

Nanotechnology has the potential to transform EOR mechanisms and processes. At present
there are two major nanotechnology paradigms derived from mechanical engineering and …