[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 …

Insights into the mechanism of wettability alteration by low-salinity flooding (LSF) in carbonates

H Mahani, AL Keya, S Berg, WB Bartels… - Energy & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The low-salinity effect (LSE) in carbonate rock has been less explored in comparison to
sandstone rock. Laboratory experiments have shown that brine composition and (somewhat …

A review of development methods and EOR technologies for carbonate reservoirs

ZX Xu, SY Li, BF Li, DQ Chen, ZY Liu, ZM Li - Petroleum Science, 2020 - Springer
Carbonate reservoirs worldwide are complex in structure, diverse in form, and highly
heterogeneous. Based on these characteristics, the reservoir stimulation technologies and …

Zeta potential of artificial and natural calcite in aqueous solution

D Al Mahrouqi, J Vinogradov, MD Jackson - Advances in colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Despite the broad range of interest and applications, controls on calcite surface charge in
aqueous solution, especially at conditions relevant to natural systems, remain poorly …

Electrokinetics of Carbonate/Brine Interface in Low-Salinity Waterflooding: Effect of Brine Salinity, Composition, Rock Type, and pH on ?-Potential and a Surface …

H Mahani, AL Keya, S Berg, R Nasralla - Spe Journal, 2017 - onepetro.org
Laboratory studies have shown that wettability of carbonate rock can be altered to a less-oil-
wetting state by manipulation of brine composition and reduction of salinity. Our recent study …

Critical review of low-salinity waterflooding

JJ Sheng - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
It was observed that higher oil recovery could be obtained when low-salinity (LS) water
flooded a core of high-salinity initial water about 15 years ago. Such low-salinity …

A comprehensive review of low salinity/engineered water injections and their applications in sandstone and carbonate rocks

EW Al-Shalabi, K Sepehrnoori - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The low salinity/engineered water injection techniques (LSWI/EWI) have become one of the
most important research topics in the oil industry because of their possible advantages for …

Zeta potential in oil-water-carbonate systems and its impact on oil recovery during controlled salinity water-flooding

MD Jackson, D Al-Mahrouqi, J Vinogradov - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Laboratory experiments and field trials have shown that oil recovery from carbonate
reservoirs can be increased by modifying the brine composition injected during recovery in a …

Thin liquid films in improved oil recovery from low-salinity brine

PC Myint, A Firoozabadi - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Low-salinity waterflooding is a relatively new method for improved oil recovery that has
generated much interest. It is generally believed that low-salinity brine alters the wettability …