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 …

Wettability of rock/CO2/brine systems: A critical review of influencing parameters and recent advances

N Yekeen, E Padmanabhan, A Thenesh… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Carbondioxide injection into geological formations is a promising method of optimizing
hydrocarbon recovery, as well as improving CO 2 geo-storage security. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Contact angle measurement for hydrogen/brine/sandstone system using captive-bubble method relevant for underground hydrogen storage

L Hashemi, W Glerum, R Farajzadeh… - Advances in Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Subsurface porous formations provide large capacities for underground hydrogen storage
(UHS). Successful utilization of these porous reservoirs for UHS depends on accurate …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative study for H2–CH4 mixture wettability in sandstone porous rocks relevant to underground hydrogen storage

L Hashemi, M Boon, W Glerum, R Farajzadeh… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Characterizing the wettability of hydrogen (H 2)–methane (CH 4) mixtures in subsurface
reservoirs is the first step towards understanding containment and transport properties for …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidics-based analysis of dynamic contact angles relevant for underground hydrogen storage

W van Rooijen, L Hashemi, M Boon… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Underground Hydrogen Storage (UHS) is an attractive technology for large-scale
(TWh) renewable energy storage. To ensure the safety and efficiency of the UHS, it is crucial …

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 …

Role of heterogeneous surface wettability on dynamic immiscible displacement, capillary pressure, and relative permeability in a CO2-water-rock system

R Guo, L Dalton, D Crandall, J McClure, H Wang… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface wettability is one of the major factors that regulate immiscible fluid displacement in
porous media. However, the role of pore-scale wettability heterogeneity on dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between wetting and capillary pressure in a crude oil/brine/rock system: From nano-scale to core-scale

M Rücker, WB Bartels, G Garfi, M Shams… - Journal of colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The wetting behaviour is a key property of a porous medium that controls
hydraulic conductivity in multiphase flow. While many porous materials, such as …

Pore-scale dynamics and the multiphase Darcy law

Y Gao, Q Lin, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Physical Review Fluids, 2020 - APS
Synchrotron x-ray microtomography combined with sensitive pressure differential
measurements were used to study flow during steady-state injection of equal volume …

Lab on a chip for a low-carbon future

SS Datta, I Battiato, MA Fernø, R Juanes, S Parsa… - Lab on a Chip, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Transitioning our society to a sustainable future, with low or net-zero carbon emissions to the
atmosphere, will require a wide-spread transformation of energy and environmental …