A critical review of alkaline flooding: Mechanism, hybrid flooding methods, laboratory work, pilot projects, and field applications

AL Khlaifat, D Dakhlallah, F Sufyan - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over time, the dependence on oil has increased to meet industrial and domestic needs.
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques in this regard have captured immense growth as …

On the role of polymer viscoelasticity in enhanced oil recovery: Extensive laboratory data and review

A Rock, RE Hincapie, M Tahir, N Langanke, L Ganzer - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polymer flooding most commonly uses partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamides (HPAM)
injected to increase the declining oil production from mature fields. Apart from the improved …

Optimization of fracturing parameters by modified variable-length particle-swarm optimization in shale-gas reservoir

J Yao, Z Li, L Liu, W Fan, M Zhang, K Zhang - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are recognized as the most efficient techniques to
enhance recovery in shale-gas reservoirs. Because of the exploitation difficulties and …

Impact of sulphates presence during application of smart water flooding combined with polymer flooding

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, H Foedisch… - SPE Europec featured …, 2018 - onepetro.org
Abstract Oil recovery using Smart Water technology (SWF) can be maximized by optimizing
the composition of injected water. Brine optimization is also believed to improve Polymer …

Potential benefits of fluid optimization for combined smart-water and polymer flooding: Impact on remaining oil saturation

M Tahir, RE Hincapie, H Foedisch, GJ Strobel… - SPE Russian …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Abstract Design of Smart-Water can be economically attractive owing the presence of
excessive water resources (seawater). This paper aims to design Smart-Water in order to …