A comprehensive review on the capillary desaturation curves for sandstone and carbonate reservoirs

A Siyal, K Rahimov, W AlAmeri… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2023‏ - onepetro.org
Various enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are applied after primary and secondary
recovery stages to target remaining oil saturation (ROS). This remaining oil is divided into …

Comprehensive review on the role of salinity on oil recovery mechanisms during chemical flooding

F Nyah, N Ridzuan, PI Nwaichi, C Umunnawuike… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Previous studies have reported contradictory behavior on the influence of salinity on
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) chemicals like surfactants, polymers, and nanoparticles …

Rock Wettability and Its Implication for Caprock Integrity in CO2–Brine Systems: A Comprehensive Review

MJ Khan, SM Mahmood, FS Alakbari, NA Siddiqui… - Energy & …, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Carbon geo-sequestration (CGS) is considered a mitigation technology for removing harmful
CO2 accumulations from the environment contributing toward a low-carbon future. One of …

CO2 EOR performance evaluation in an unconventional reservoir through mechanistic constrained proxy modeling

FI Syed, T Muther, AK Dahaghi, S Neghabhan - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
There are multiple parameters including reservoir characteristics, hydraulic fracture design,
injection solvent selection, and the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operational design, etc …

Synergistic effect of salt and anionic surfactants on interfacial tension reduction: insights from molecular dynamics simulations

Y Lin, W Tang, P **ao, J Ma, X Han, X Xu, J Luo… - Langmuir, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Surfactants are commonly utilized in chemical flooding processes alongside salt to
effectively decrease interfacial tension (IFT). However, the underlying microscopic …

Modification of cellulose ether with organic carbonate for enhanced thermal and rheological properties: Characterization and analysis

G Abbas, AH Tunio, KR Memon, AA Mahesar… - ACS …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Reduction in viscosity at higher temperatures is the main limitation of utilizing cellulose
ethers in high thermal reservoir conditions for petroleum industry applications. In this study …

A review on nanofluid water alternating gas (N-WAG): application, preparation, mechanism, and challenges

H Aziz, T Muther, MJ Khan, FI Syed - Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2021‏ - Springer
Water alternating gas (WAG) has gained the attraction of the oil industry because of its
successful implementation in enhancing oil recovery from mature fields. This technique …

Recent advances in capillary desaturation curves for sandstone and carbonate reservoirs

A Siyal, K Rahimov, W AlAmeri… - Abu Dhabi International …, 2021‏ - onepetro.org
Different enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods are usually applied to target remaining oil
saturation in a reservoir after both conventional primary and secondary recovery stages. The …

Infill drilling and well placement assessment for a multi-layered heterogeneous reservoir

FI Syed, S Negahban, AK Dahaghi - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and …, 2021‏ - Springer
This paper presents an assessment of infill drilling opportunities in a complex multi-layered
heterogeneous carbonate formation located in Abu Dhabi offshore. The subject field was …

Pore-scale network modeling approach to study the impact of Microporosity's pore space topology

N Hakimov, FI Syed, T Muther, AK Dahaghi… - Microporous and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Carbonates present a significantly important area for the research as classical empirical
methods applied for sandstones characterization, may easily mislead when applied to …