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 …

In recent years, research activity on the recovery technique known as low salinity
waterflooding has sharply increased. The main motivation for field application of low salinity …

Emulsions, including oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, can play important
roles in both controlling reservoir conformance and displacing residual oil for enhanced oil …

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 rising energy demand and the rapid decline in conventional oil recovery have pushed
the petroleum industry to develop advanced oil recovery techniques. Despite the success of …

It has been proposed that increased oil recovery in carbonates by modification of ionic
composition or altering salinity occurs mainly at a temperature exceeding 70–80° C. The …

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 …

Multiphase displacement in porous media can be adjusted by micro/nanoparticle
suspensions, which is widespread in many scientific and industrial contexts. Direct …

One of the key open questions in the area of low or controlled salinity water flooding (LSWF
or CSWF) is how the observed oil recovery at macro-scale (eg Darcy or core-scale) can the …

Low salinity waterflooding has proven to accelerate oil production at core and field scales.
Wettability alteration from a more oil-wetting to a more water-wetting condition has been …