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 …

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 …

Water chemistry has been shown experimentally to affect the stability of water films and the
sorption of organic oil components on mineral surfaces. When oil is displaced by water …

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 …

Interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration (WA) are important enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) mechanisms that help displace residual oil from the reservoir. Many studies …

There is widespread interest in improved oil recovery by the low salinity effect (LSE) and a
pressing need to better predict the likely response and its relation to wettability change. A …

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 …

Hydraulic fracturing of unconventional hydrocarbon resources involves the sequential
injection of a high-pressure, particle-laden fluid with varying pH's to make commercial …

The impacts of salinity adjustment of displacing fluid have recently gained special attention
to enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Different mechanisms have been studied widely in the …

Sandstone formations are ubiquitous in both aquifers and petroleum reservoirs, of which
clay is a major constituent. The release of clay particles from pore surfaces as a result of …