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Molecular dynamics simulation of surfactant induced wettability alteration of shale reservoirs

Frontiers in Energy Research, 2023
Shale oil has recently received considerable attention as a promising energy source due to its substantial reserves. However, the recovery of shale oil presents numerous challenges due to the low-porosity and low-permeability characteristics of shale ...
Debin Kong, Debin Kong, Xianglong Meng, Xianglong Meng, Jiadan Zhu, Wenning Zhou   +5 more
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A Review of Wettability Alteration by Spontaneous Imbibition Using Low-Salinity Water in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

Energies, 2023
Analysis of fluid flow in naturally fractured reservoirs (NFRs), as a highly heterogeneous and complex system, requires a detailed study of the fracture-matrix interactions.
Marzhan Karimova, Razieh Kashiri, Peyman Pourafshary, Randy Hazlett   +3 more
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A review of chemical methods for wettability alteration in reservoir rocks

Journal of Industrial Safety
One of the recent important challenges at the forefront of science revolves around the manipulation of surface wettability, i.e., the water affinity to a given surface.
Seyednooroldin Hosseini, Mohammad Akbari, Reza Ghamarpoor   +2 more
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Experimental study and numerical modeling for enhancing oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs by nanoparticle flooding

Oil & Gas Science and Technology, 2019
Nowadays, nanotechnology has become a very attractive subject in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) researches. In the current study, a carbonate system has been selected and first the effects of nanoparticles on the rock and fluid properties have been ...
Sepehri Mehrdad, Moradi Babak, Emamzadeh Abolghasem, Mohammadi Amir H.   +3 more
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Fabrication, characterisation and performance of hydrophilic and super-hydrophilic silica as cell culture surfaces [PDF]

, 2012
We demonstrate a straightforward procedure for the controlled formation of silica films on tissue culture polystyrene (PS) surfaces. The films were formed by sequentially treating PS with polyaniline, glutaric dialdehyde and protein prior to silica ...
Boocock, DJ, Hickman, GJ, Perry, CC, Rai, A, Rees, RC   +4 more
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Experimental Investigation of Interfacial Tension Measurement and Oil Recovery by Carbonated Water Injection : A Case Study Using Core Samples from an Iranian Carbonate Oil Reservoir [PDF]

, 2017
The authors would like to gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the Department of Petroleum Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Marvdasht Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, 73711-13119, Iran, for the provision of the laboratory facilities necessary for
Afkhami Karaei, Mohammad, Azdarpour, Amin, Hamidi, Hossein, Honarvar, Bijan, Ing, James, Karimi, Mohammad, Mohammadian, Erfan, Rahimi, Ali   +7 more
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Role of divalent ions, temperature, and crude oil during water injection into dolomitic carbonate oil reservoirs

Oil & Gas Science and Technology, 2019
Although wettability alteration has been shown to be the main control mechanism of Low Salinity and Smart Water (LS-SmW) injection, our understanding of the phenomena resulting in wettability changes still remains incomplete.
Fattahi Mehraban Mohammad, Ayatollahi Shahab, Sharifi Mohammad   +2 more
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Applying low-salinity water to alter wettability in carbonate oil reservoirs: an experimental study

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2020
Seawater has been widely used as an injection fluid for maintaining pressure in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs. In the literature related to EOR research, it was noted that diluted seawater (low-salinity water) can highly improve recovery due to the ...
Erfan Hosseini, Zhongwei Chen, Mohammad Sarmadivaleh, Dana Mohammadnazar   +3 more
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Oil recovery and wettability alteration in carbonates due to carbonate water injection

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, 2017
Enhanced oil recovery in carbonates due to wettability alteration has received much attention recently. In contrast to sandstones reservoirs, carbonates are neutral-wet or preferentially oil-wet.
E. M. Ruidiaz, A. Winter, O. V. Trevisan
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Wettability Alteration of Limestone Carbonate Cores Using Methylene Blue and Alumina-Based Nanofluid: Implications for EOR

Applied Sciences, 2023
Wettability is a key parameter for optimizing the residual oil recovery from geological rock formations and it provides a path for improved oil recovery and geo-storage of energy.
Abdul Majeed Shar, Muhammad Furqan Qureshi, Darya khan Bhutto, Faisal Hussain Memon   +3 more
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