A review on clay wettability: From experimental investigations to molecular dynamics simulations

B Pan, X Yin, S Iglauer - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Clay is one of the most important mineral components in geological formations, and it is
widely used in many industrial applications. One clay property, which is of key importance in …

A review of residual trapping capacity of subsurface systems for geological storage of CO2: Measurement techniques, meta-analysis of influencing factors, and future …

H Zhang, M Arif - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Geological storage of CO 2 is a promising technique to mitigate anthropogenic CO 2
emissions. The effectiveness of CO 2 storage in the subsurface formations relies on various …

Evaluating liquid CO2 hydrate formation kinetics, morphology, and stability in oceanic sediments on a lab scale using top injection

V Dhamu, MF Qureshi, TA Barckholtz… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Storing captured CO 2 into the deep oceanic sediments as CO 2 hydrates offers a potential
approach to reducing atmospheric carbon emissions. However, two major challenges are …

Pore scale investigation of low salinity surfactant nanofluid injection into oil saturated sandstone via X-ray micro-tomography

NK Jha, M Lebedev, S Iglauer, M Ali, H Roshan… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypothesis Low salinity surfactant nanofluids have recently shown promising characteristics
in wettability alteration of the silicate-based rock representative substrate and interfacial …

[HTML][HTML] Live imaging of micro and macro wettability variations of carbonate oil reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery and CO2 trapping/storage

A Ivanova, A Orekhov, S Markovic, S Iglauer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Carbonate hydrocarbon reservoirs are considered as potential candidates for chemically
enhanced oil recovery and for CO2 geological storage. However, investigation of one main …

Multiscale wettability characterization under CO2 geological storage conditions: A review

X Wang, S Li, B Tong, L Jiang, P Lv, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The wettability of porous media strongly affects the trapping mechanism and storage
capacity during CO 2 geological storage. Various novel measuring methods have been …

Impact of ionic-electromagnetic field interaction on Maxwell-Wagner polarization in porous medium

S Sikiru, N Yahya, H Soleimani, AM Ali… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
The brine composition of porous media and its effect on the polarization properties of the
sandstone reservoir is important for understanding the mechanism of oil detachment from …

Application of alkalis, polyelectrolytes, and nanoparticles for reducing adsorption loss of novel anionic surfactant in carbonate rocks at high salinity and temperature …

A Scerbacova, A Ivanova, P Grishin… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant and alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding are commonly used chemical
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. However, they are traditionally carried out in …

Interaction of low salinity surfactant nanofluids with carbonate surfaces and molecular level dynamics at fluid-fluid interface at ScCO2 loading

NK Jha, A Ivanova, M Lebedev, A Barifcani… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The advanced low salinity aqueous formulations are yet to be validated as an
injection fluid for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from the carbonate reservoirs and CO 2 …

Formation and stability of heterogeneous organo–ionic surface layers on geological carbonates

A Rao, N Schilderink, D Le-Anh, R Zeng… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Many geological processes from oil recovery to underground CO2 storage are affected by
natural molecules adsorbed on rock surfaces. Yet, geochemical models tend to overlook …