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A comprehensive experimental and simulation study of zeta potential at carbonate-brine interface for calcite and dolomite particles

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Decoding smart water flooding: pH, ion composition, salinity, and aging dynamics in sandstone reservoir cores

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Low salinity surfactant alternating gas/CO2 flooding for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

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Integrating low salinity water, surfactant solution, and functionalized magnetite nanoparticles with natural acidic groups for enhanced oil recovery: Interfacial tension study

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A mechanistic study of low salinity water-based nanoparticle-polymer complex fluid for improved oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

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Effect of potential determining ions on sulfonated polyacrylamide behavior during smart water-polymer injection into carbonate reservoirs

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Theoretical and experimental investigation of the impact of oil functional groups on the performance of smart water in clay-rich sandstones

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Modelling of Carbonate Rock Wettability Based on Surface Charge and Calcite Dissolution

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Synergising nanoparticles and low salinity waterflooding for enhanced oil recovery: A state-of-the-art review

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Experimental investigation on fluid/fluid and rock/fluid interactions in enhanced oil recovery by low salinity water flooding for carbonate reservoirs

Rohit Kumar Saw and Ajay Mandal

Fuel, 2023, 352, 129156
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Experimental studies on effectiveness of graphene oxide nanosheets dispersion in water/aqueous PHPA for enhanced oil recovery

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Effect of Pore Structure on Tertiary Low-Salinity Waterflooding in Carbonates: An In-Situ Experimental Investigation

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Probing the mechanism of in situ oil droplet swelling during low salinity water flooding

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Experimental investigation of carbamide-assisted smart water flooding for enhancing heavy oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs

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Dynamic behaviors and mechanisms of fluid-fluid interaction in low salinity waterflooding of carbonate reservoirs

Rukuan Chai, Yuetian Liu, Yuting He, Qianjun Liu and Liang Xue

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Insights into the Effects of Pore Structure, Time Scale, and Injection Scenarios on Pore-Filling Sequence and Oil Recovery by Low-Salinity Waterflooding Using a Mechanistic DLVO-Based Pore-Scale Model

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A critical review of main enhanced oil recovery mechanisms by considering recent applications of green and novel nanocomposites

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A new approach to measure wettability by relative permeability measurements

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The effect of low salinity water on wettability alteration of oil-wet calcite surfaces

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Rock wettability and interfacial tension improvement by exposure time effect in modified water injection process coupled with silica nanoparticles

Kamran Hassani, Wenbo Zheng and Behzad Rostami

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Mechanisms and effects of amphiphilic lamellar nanofluid for enhanced oil recovery in low permeability reservoirs

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Experimental Investigation of the Synergistic Effect of Two Nonionic Surfactants on Interfacial Properties and Their Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery

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Experimental study on nanoparticles-assisted low-salinity water for enhanced oil recovery in asphaltenic oil reservoirs

Ali Amraeiniya, Soroush Shojaei, Amir Ali Mohseni, Behzad Haj Abbasi Mahani, Sogand Saatchi, Arash Barahooie Bahari and Seyyed Mohammad Mousavi Sisakht

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Visual investigation of swelling and migration behavior of bentonite and kaolinite clays at elevated temperature using micromodels

Farshad Mostakhdeminhosseini, Yousef Rafiei and Mohammad Sharifi

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Adsorption behavior of surfactants on sandstone reservoir rocks with carbonate cements and its influence on wettability alteration

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Carbonated Water Injection in Oil-Wet Carbonate Rock Samples: A Pore-Scale Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Brine Composition

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An experimental study of pore-scale flow dynamics and heavy oil recovery using low saline water and chemical flooding

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Tuned Low-Salinity Waterflooding in Carbonate Reservoirs: Impact of Cr2O72-, C6H5COO-, and SO42-

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SPE Journal, 2023, 28, 1250
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The non-linear effect of oil polarity on the efficiency of low salinity waterflooding: A pore-level investigation

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Effect of nanomaterials functionality on the acidic crude oil: Wettability and oil recovery studies

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Synergy of CO Mineralization in Produced Water with Enhanced Oil Recovery: An Experimental Study

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

Seyed Soheil Noorizadeh Bajgirani and Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

Sci Rep, 2023, 13
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Maximizing oil production efficiency in mature field: a strategic approach to optimizing recovery and extending field life

Hai T. Nguyen, Tarek Al-Arbi Ganat and Tu V. Truong

Petroleum Science and Technology, 2024, 1
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Synergistic effect of low saline ion tuned Sea Water with ionic liquids for enhanced oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs

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Identification of novel applications of chemical compounds to change the wettability of reservoir rock: A critical review

Ehsan Jafarbeigi, Shahab Ayatollahi, Yaser Ahmadi, Mohsen Mansouri and Farzaneh Dehghani

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Experimental investigation of the effect of smart water and a novel synthetic nanocomposite on wettability alteration, interfacial tension reduction, and EOR

Mohsen Mansouri, Ehsan Jafarbeigi, Yaser Ahmadi and Seyyed Hossein Hosseini

J Petrol Explor Prod Technol, 2023, 13, 2251
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Streaming and zeta potentials of basalt as a function of pressure, temperature, salinity, and pH

Mirhasan Hosseini, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Nilesh Kumar Jha, Alireza Keshavarz and Stefan Iglauer

Fuel, 2023, 351, 128996
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A critical review on low salinity waterflooding for enhanced oil recovery: Experimental studies, simulations, and field applications

Grant Charles Mwakipunda, Rui Jia, Melckzedeck Michael Mgimba, Mbega Ramadhani Ngata, Athumani Omari Mmbuji, Annasi Ayubu Said and Long Yu

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Impact of phosphate ions on ion-tuned low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs

Rohit Kumar Saw and Ajay Mandal

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Reservoir oil interface with brine studied with real-component molecular model

Petr Khovental, Ilia Kopanichuk, Ruslan Kevorkyants, Kirill Maerle, Anna Yurchenko and Aleksey Vishnyakov

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Physicochemical Characterization of Zirconia Nanoparticle-Based Sodium Alginate Polymer Suspension for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Udit Surya Mohanty, Faisal Ur Rahman Awan, Muhammad Ali, Adnan Aftab, Alireza Keshavarz and Stefan Iglauer

Energy Fuels, 2021, 35, 19389
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Evaluation of sour gas-low salinity waterflooding in carbonate reservoirs - A numerical simulation approach

Lawrence Opoku Boampong, Roozbeh Rafati and Amin Sharifi Haddad

Petroleum Research, 2023, 8, 131
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Low Salinity Water–Polymer Flooding in Carbonate Oil Reservoirs: A Critical Review

Fabio Pedro Nascimento, Verônica de Jesus Pereira, Ladislane dos Santos Bastos, Gloria Meyberg Nunes Costa and Silvio Alexandre Beisl Vieira de Melo

Macro Reaction Engineering, 2023, 17
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A holistic review of harsh conditions resistant surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in dense carbonate reservoir

Amin Sharifi, Rohaldin Miri and Masoud Riazi

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Pore-Scale Investigation of the Ion-Tuned Water Effect on the Surface Properties of Limestone Reservoirs

Artur Shapoval, David Haryono, Jun Lun Cao and Sheikh S. Rahman

Energy Fuels, 2021, 35, 10475
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Artificial neural network, support vector machine, decision tree, random forest, and committee machine intelligent system help to improve performance prediction of low salinity water injection in carbonate oil reservoirs

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Effects of acidic low-salinity brines on micro-dispersion formation, wettability alteration, and polar oil component dissociation in carbonate reservoirs

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Oil-water interactions in porous media during fluid displacement: Effect of potential determining ions (PDI) on the formation of in-situ emulsions and oil recovery

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Effects and Mechanisms of Acidic Crude Oil–Aqueous Solution Interaction in Low-Salinity Waterflooding

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Energy Fuels, 2021, 35, 9860
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Stability of the emulsion during the injection of anionic and cationic surfactants in the presence of various salts

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An experimental assessment of seawater alternating near-miscible CO2 for EOR in pre-salt carbonate reservoirs

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Improving chemical composition of smart water by investigating performance of active cations for injection in carbonate Reservoirs: A mechanistic study

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Application of hybrid low salinity hot water flooding to enhance oil recovery from heavy oil carbonates

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Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022, 215, 110656
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Investigation on the synergistic effect of pH and pyridinium-based ionic liquid on the wettability alteration of dolomite rock and IFT of formation brine/alkaline crude oil at the presence and absence of SiO2 nanoparticles

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Catalytic Effects of Temperature and Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles on the Acceleration of Production from Carbonate Rocks

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Performance and Salinity Tolerance of Palm Oil-Derived Anionic Biosurfactant and Synthetic Surfactant for Waxy Oil Recovery in Sandstone Reservoirs

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