Application of microfluidics in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A review

M Fani, P Pourafshary, P Mostaghimi, N Mosavat - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR), various chemicals such as polymer,
surfactant, alkaline, and nanoparticles are injected solely or in combination to mobilize the …

Hybrid Engineered Water–Polymer Flooding in Carbonates: A Review of Mechanisms and Case Studies

M Shakeel, P Pourafshary, M Rehan Hashmet - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The fast depletion of oil reserves has steered the petroleum industry towards develo**
novel and cost-effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques in order to get the most out …

Investigation of the effect of engineered water/nanofluid hybrid injection on enhanced oil recovery mechanisms in carbonate reservoirs

M Mahmoudpour, P Pourafshary - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Changing the salinity and ionic composition of the injected water and designing “engineered
water”(EW) is an enhanced oil recovery approach which affects the wettability of carbonate …

A review on retention of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic insight

M Mushtaq, EW Al-Shalabi, W AlAmeri - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In mature reservoirs, over 60% of oil remains trapped after waterflooding and can only be
recovered using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, including chemical EOR …

Low-salinity (enhanced) waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs

H Mahani, G Thyne - Recovery Improvement, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF), as an enhanced waterflooding technique, is one
of the most researched incremental oil recovery/enhanced oil recovery (EOR) topics over the …

[HTML][HTML] Modelling of carbonate rock wettability based on surface charge and calcite dissolution

LO Boampong, R Rafati, AS Haddad - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of consensus on the mechanisms underpinning low salinity waterflooding (LSWF)
oil recovery has affected the successful implementation of LSWF in carbonate reservoirs …

Influence of carbonate reservoir mineral heterogeneities on contact angle measurements

JV Ferrari, BM de Oliveira Silveira… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
The wettability of reservoir rocks is one of the critical, advanced petrophysical parameters
affecting oil production, during the field production life, from primary to enhanced recovery …

Low salinity water flooding (LSWF), can we move forward? The economic case

A Bigdeli, G Thyne, V Ulyanov - Journal of Resource Recovery, 2023 - resrecov.com
Low-salinity water flooding (LSWF) is a technique used in both improved oil recovery (IOR)
and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and may be employed at any stage of hydrocarbon …

Effects of slug size, soaking, and injection schemes on the performance of controlled ions water flooding in carbonates

N Moradpour, M Karimova, P Pourafshary, D Zivar - ACS omega, 2020 - ACS Publications
The results of many previous studies on low salinity/controlled ions water (CIW) flooding
suggest that future laboratory and modeling investigations are required to comprehensively …

Impact of SO42−, Ca2+, and Mg2+ ions in Caspian Sea ion-engineered water on the rate of wettability alteration in carbonates

M Bazhanova, P Pourafshary - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and …, 2020 - Springer
Tuning the salinity and concentration of potential-determining ions, such as Mg 2+, Ca 2+,
and SO 4 2−, could alter the wettability toward a more water-wet state. The rate of alteration …