Optimization of Low Salinity Water/Surfactant Flooding Design for Oil-Wet Carbonate Reservoirs by Introducing a Negative Salinity Gradient

Optimization of Low Salinity Water/Surfactant Flooding Design for Oil-Wet Carbonate Reservoirs by Introducing a Negative Salinity Gradient

Engineered water surfactant flooding (EWSF) is a novel EOR technique to reduce residual oil saturation; however, it becomes quite challenging to obtain Winsor Type III microemulsion and the lowest IFT under actual reservoir conditions if only low salinity water is used. The main objective of this st...

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Main Authors: Mariam Shakeel, Aida Samanova, Peyman Pourafshary, Muhammad Rehan Hashmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
surfactant flooding
low salinity water
negative salinity gradient
Winsor phase behavior
microemulsion
interfacial tension
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9400

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