Experimental investigation of wettability alteration, IFT reduction, and injection schemes during surfactant/smart water flooding for EOR application

Abstract In recent years, the application of smart water and surfactant in order to improve oil recovery has attracted special attention in carbonate reservoirs. In this research, the effects of various salts in smart water and two surfactants of Cetyl Trimethyl Ammonium Bromide (CTAB) and Sodium Do...

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Main Authors: Seyed Soheil Noorizadeh Bajgirani, Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37657-1