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 …

The goal of the present paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the literature
describing the physical and chemical mechanisms for enhanced oil recovery under smart …

It is widely accepted that oil recovery during waterflooding can be improved by modifying the
composition of the injected brine. A typical approach is diluting the formation water to a …

The few existing surface complexation models (SCM) for the brine-oil interface have
important limitations: the chemistry of each crude oil is not considered, they cannot capture …

Brine-dependent recovery, which involves injected water ionic composition and strength,
has seen much global research efforts in the past two decades because of its benefits over …

The low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF) technique during enhanced oil recovery has received
increasing attention over the last decade. Several studies have attempted to understand the …

Hypothesis We present a systematic study of the “smart water” induced wettability alteration.
This process is believed to be greatly affected by the brine salinity and the presence of Mg …

The impact of ionic association with the carbonate surface and its influence toward
carbonate wettability remains unclear and is an important topic of interest in the current …

After testing proposed models in the literature on sandstones and carbonates, we propose a
mechanistic surface-complexation-based model that quantitatively describes observations …

The surface charge of calcite in aqueous environments is essential to many industrial and
environmental applications. Electrokinetic measurements are usually used to assess the …