Surfactants play a vital role in chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). The amount of
surfactant loss caused by retention during flooding through reservoir rock is still a challenge …

Wettability is one of the key controlling parameters for multiphase flow in porous media, and
paramount for various geoscience applications. While a general awareness of the …

Low salinity water injection (LSWI) is the process of injecting modified salinity brine with
controlled ionic composition to achieve increased oil recovery compared to conventional …

The influence of asphaltenes in crude oil on sandstone wettability is widely acknowledged.
Although asphaltenes are recognized for their stronger polarity compared to resins, resins …

The reservoir rock is made up of different minerals and its surface chemistry is influenced by
the reservoir environment. Well operations implemented during the life of a field induce …

The long-held industry view that the Low Salinity Effect (LSE) depends mainly on rock–fluid
interactions has led to failures and successes that can be explained by fluid–fluid …

Despite a large number of researches to understand the aggregation behavior and
adsorption mechanism of asphaltene, the effects of asphaltene molecular structure on the …

Asphaltene adsorption on reservoir rock minerals causes wettability alteration and pore
plugging which subsequently reduces crude oil production. Also, it has a negative effect on …

Asphaltenes can cause operational challenges in petroleum production facilities and
adversely affect production by adsorption on mineral surfaces and alteration of the oil …

The adsorption of asphaltene on the rock surface and the changes in its wettability are very
relevant issues in flow assurance and oil recovery studies, and for carbonate reservoirs, they …