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Static and dynamic adsorption of a gemini surfactant on a carbonate rock in the presence of low salinity water [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2023
In chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) techniques, surfactants are extensively used for enhancing oil recovery by reducing interfacial tension and/or modifying wettability.
Shams Kalam, Sidqi A. Abu-Khamsin, Afeez Olayinka Gbadamosi, Shirish Patil, Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain, Dhafer Al-Shehri, Emad W. Al-Shalabi, Kishore K. Mohanty   +8 more
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Comprehensive experimental investigation of the effective parameters on stability of silica nanoparticles during low salinity water flooding with minimum scale deposition into sandstone reservoirs [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2022
Recent studies showed the high potential of nanofluids as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agent in oil reservoirs. This study aimed to investigate the effects of salts and ions, the salinity of aqueous solution, total dissolved solids (TDS), scale ...
Masoud Bijani, Ehsan Khamehchi, Mehdi Shabani   +2 more
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Performance of low-salinity water flooding for enhanced oil recovery improved by SiO2 nanoparticles

Petroleum Science, 2019
Low-salinity water injection has been utilized as a promising method for oil recovery in recent years. Low-salinity water flooding changes the ion composition or brine salinity for improving oil recovery.
Tangestani Ebrahim, Vafaie Sefti Mohsen, Shadman Mohammad Mahdi, Kazemi Tooseh Esmaeel, Ahmadi Saeb   +4 more
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A Mechanistic Study of Wettability Alterations in Sandstone by Low Salinity Water Injection (LSWI) and CO2 Low Salinity Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG) Injection [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Low salinity water injection (LSWI), an emerging Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) method, has proven to be effective in increasing oil recovery by wettability alteration. As low salinity water is injected into the reservoir, the pre-established equilibrium is
Ma Shijia, James L.A.
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Mitigating fines migration in low salinity water flooding of clay rich sandstones using TiO2 Saponin Zr nanocomposites [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Mitigating formation damage due to fines migration is crucial for maintaining reservoir productivity in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. This research introduces a novel composite, Titanium dioxide nanoparticles coated with Saponin and Zirconium ...
Yuman Li, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Nikunj Rachchh, T. Ramachandran, Aman Shankhyan, A. Karthikeyan, Dhirendra Nath Thatoi, Deepak Gupta, Mohammad R. K. M. Al-Badkubi, Dilsora Abduvalieva, Samim Sherzod, Mohammad Mahtab Alam   +11 more
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Experimental and theoretical investigation on low salinity brine injection timing in high water cut reservoirs for residual oil reduction and improved oil recovery [PDF]

Journal of Chemistry Letters, 2021
In this research, low salinity water flooding was used to investigate its low salinity effect in a high water cut sandstone reservoir to improve oil recovery. The application was done to five different sandstone cores in high water cut levels of 70%, 75%,
Ernest Maiki
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Evaluation of the coupled impact of silicon oxide nanoparticles and low-salinity water on the wettability alteration of Berea sandstones

Petroleum Exploration and Development, 2023
This study investigated experimentally the coupled effects of hydrophilic SiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) and low-salinity water (LSW) on the wettability of synthetic clay-free Berea sandstone.
Osamah ALOMAIR, Mabkhout AL-DOUSARI, C. Nyeso AZUBUIKE, Ali GARROUCH   +3 more
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Experimental Investigation about Oil Recovery by Using Low-Salinity Nanofluids Solutions in Sandstone Reservoirs

Applied Sciences, 2023
Production of crude oil from matured oil reservoirs has major issues due to decreased oil recovery with water channeling; however, the low-salinity water flooding technique is more commonly used to maximize recovery of the remaining oil.
Nannan Liu, Shanazar Yagmyrov, Hengchen Qi, Lin Sun   +3 more
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Response of intestinal microbiota to saline-alkaline water in mud crab (Scylla paramamosain) based on multiple low salinity culture modes

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
IntroductionThe intestinal microbiota acts as an additional “organ” that performs a variety of fu\nctions for the host’s health. However, the composition and role of the intestinal microbiota in Scylla paramamosain cultivated in inland low salinity ...
Mingming Niu, Xudong Li, Yuhao Chen, Kangxiang Qin, Guoling Liang, Yun Hu, Xiaosong Jiang, Huan Wang, Huan Wang, Huan Wang, Ritong Zhu, Chunlin Wang, Chunlin Wang, Chunlin Wang, Changkao Mu, Changkao Mu, Changkao Mu   +16 more
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Effects of plant diversity on primary productivity and community stability along soil water and salinity gradients

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Ecosystem stability is particularly important for the biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in arid and semi-arid areas in northwest China.
Sara Token, Lamei Jiang, Lei Zhang, Guanghui Lv   +3 more
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