[HTML][HTML] Literature review of low salinity waterflooding from a length and time scale perspective

WB Bartels, H Mahani, S Berg, SM Hassanizadeh - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, research activity on the recovery technique known as low salinity
waterflooding has sharply increased. The main motivation for field application of low salinity …

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 …

Electrokinetics at calcite-rich limestone surface: Understanding the role of ions in modified salinity waterflooding

JT Tetteh, S Alimoradi, PV Brady… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite recent efforts to understand the wettability alteration process in limestone rocks
during low salinity waterflooding, the findings related to wettability alteration due to changes …

Micromechanical mechanism of oil/brine/rock interfacial interactions based on first-principles calculations

FL Cui, X Jin, J Xia, H Liu, HA Wu, FC Wang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding the mechanisms of oil/brine/rock interfacial interactions from a nanoscale
perspective is essential for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques employed in the …

A critical review of the role of thin liquid films for modified salinity brine recovery processes

H Guo, N Nazari, S Esmaeilzadeh… - Current Opinion in Colloid …, 2020 - Elsevier
Low salinity water injection (LSWI) is the process of injecting modified salinity brine with
controlled ionic composition to achieve increased oil recovery compared to conventional …

Multiscale aqueous-ion interactions at interfaces for enhanced understanding of controlled-ionic-composition-waterflooding processes in carbonates

S Ayirala, S Saleh, S Enezi, A Yousef - SPE Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2020 - onepetro.org
In this study, we summarize and discuss the data reported from a series of multiscale
experiments to explore the interactions of salinity and aqueous ions at fluid/fluid and …

Structure, thermodynamics, and dynamics of thin brine films in oil–brine–rock systems

C Fang, S Sun, R Qiao - Langmuir, 2019 - ACS Publications
Thin brine films are ubiquitous in oil–brine–rock systems such as oil reservoirs and play a
crucial role in applications such as enhanced oil recovery. We report the results of molecular …

Laboratory study and field verification of a thermo-responsive water shutoff agent

X Chen, L Zhao, P Liu, J Du, Z Bai, J Liu… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
For the low-pressure and low-permeability oil reservoirs, water injection development and
hydraulic fracturing stimulation are essential. The ideal water flooding mode is piston-like …

Wettability alteration and enhanced oil recovery using low salinity waterflooding in limestone rocks: A mechanistic study

J Tetteh, NM Janjang, R Barati - SPE Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Annual …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Low salinity waterflooding has recently gained more attention in carbonate formations
mainly due to the cost effectiveness of this improved oil recovery technique. Despite all the …

Molecular dynamics modeling and simulation of silicon dioxide-low salinity water nanofluid for enhanced oil recovery

AF Firooz, A Hashemi, G Zargar, Y Tamsilian - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
Silicon dioxide nanoparticles (NPs) are known as one of the most widely utilized materials in
the area of the nanotechnology of enhanced oil recovery (Nano-EOR) processes. However …