Article
Energy & Fuels
Omar Chaabi, Mohammed Al Kobaisi, Mohamed Haroun
Summary: The study shows that low salinity waterflooding can significantly increase oil recovery at laboratory scale, and provides a theoretical basis for this effect by extracting reliable relative permeability curves from experimental data.
Article
Thermodynamics
Emmanuel Ajoma, Saira, Thanarat Sungkachart, Furqan Le-Hussain
Summary: The study has shown that water-saturated CO2 (wsCO(2)) injection is superior to pure CO2 injection under miscible and near-miscible conditions, resulting in higher oil recovery and greater CO2 storage.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Ahmed M. S. Elgendy, Giovanni M. Porta
Summary: Low salinity waterflooding (LSW) has advantages in enhanced oil recovery, with reservoir temperature and ion concentration being the most significant factors in LSW performance, while mineral composition has a limited impact. Reservoir fluid composition and temperature should be prioritized in future experimental campaigns to better understand their influence on LSW under different reservoir conditions.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Yamin Wang, Muhan Yu, Zhenkai Bo, Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Furqan Le-Hussain
Summary: This study investigates the effect of temperature on fines migration and mineral reactions in sandstone rocks. Results show that high temperature leads to pore enlargement due to mineral reactions, reducing the decrease in permeability. Additionally, high temperature increases the rate of ion reactions, affecting the produced water's Ca2+ and Mg2+ concentrations.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Mehdi Safari, Ali Rahimi, Raoof Gholami, Andrian Permana, Wee Siaw Khur
Summary: Low salinity water flooding is a method used in the EOR process to change the surface wettability and reduce interfacial tension. This study investigates the effects of ions on the surface wettability of shale rocks and the interfacial tension of brine/oil. It is found that decreasing the concentration of monovalent ions changes the wettability of shale from neutral wet to weakly water wet, while decreasing the concentration of divalent ions induces an oil wet system. Time and salt ion concentration have significant impacts on shale wettability and interfacial tension.
JOURNAL OF DISPERSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Xinle Zhai, Kamelia Atefi-Monfared
Summary: This study presents a novel coupled numerical model to investigate the impact of fine particle migration on the geomechanical response of a porous formation. The results indicate that fine particle migration significantly affects pore pressure, displacement, and permeability, especially near the wellbore.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Abdolali Mosallanezhad, Azim Kalantariasl
Summary: Ion-engineered water injection (EWI) is an advantageous enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique that has gained considerable attention in recent years. This study investigates the optimization of EWI through adjusting the concentration of active and non-active ions in injection water on a laboratory scale, suggesting an optimum EWI design with high accuracy in predicted responses. The model developed in this study can be applied for experimental design and optimizing water composition.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Tayanne S. Ligeiro, Alexandre Vaz, Larissa Chequer
Summary: Low-salinity waterflooding is an advanced method for enhanced oil recovery, with fines migration identified as a key mechanism for the increase in oil production. Through laboratory experiments and mathematical modeling, the impact of low-salinity water injection on formation damage and water relative permeability can be better understood and predicted accurately.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Yawen Tan, Yiqun Zhang, Chengyu Hui, Chao Yu, Shouceng Tian, Tianyu Wang, Fei Wang
Summary: Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a crucial technology in the petroleum industry, influenced by factors such as flooding fluids and methods. This study conducted experiments using a glass micromodel to investigate the effect of pulsing water injection on oil recovery. The results showed that resonance occurred when the pulse frequency matched the natural frequency of the micromodel, leading to increased amplitude, enhanced oil mobility, and improved recovery. Our findings have important implications for EOR strategy design and optimization.
Review
Energy & Fuels
Alireza Talebi, Atefeh Hasan-Zadeh, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Masoud Riazi
Summary: The selection of miscible or immiscible injection methods depends on the desired thermodynamic and operating conditions. However, gas injection alone does not increase reservoir replacement for various reasons. Researchers have proposed different gas injection methods, such as continuous water and gas injection, foam gas injection, and water and gas combination injection.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Moussa Taleb, Farad Sagala, Afif Hethnawi, Nashaat N. Nassar
Summary: This study successfully synthesized novel and stable faujasite nanoparticles without the need for surface modifications under low-salinity water, effectively changing the rock wettability from strong oil wet to strong water wet, and demonstrated their effectiveness as EOR agents in carbonate cores.
Article
Energy & Fuels
Arash Mehdizad, Behnam Sedaee, Peyman Pourafshary
Summary: This paper investigates the effects of different mechanisms and their interactions in low-salinity water flooding (LSWF) using micromodels. The experimental results show that fluid flow diversion accounts for only 30% of the total incremental oil recovery in LSWF, while wettability alteration and osmosis mechanisms are the dominant factors.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Abdulmajeed Almutairi, Yamin Wang, Furqan Le-Hussain
Summary: Managed aquifer recharge is a method for water storage and recovery, but the migration of fines during water injection can significantly impact the permeability of the formation. Previous studies have focused on fines migration in sandstone and soil samples, with limited research on fines migration in carbonate rocks. Additionally, the effects of temperature and ion type on fines migration in carbonate rocks have not been investigated. This study conducted experiments using filtered-deaired distilled water and pure salts as injection fluids. The permeability of rock samples was measured through pressure difference, and effluent samples were collected for analysis. The results showed that fines migration was influenced by mineral dissolution and cation exchange, with different impacts observed for different brine solutions and temperatures.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Geological
Binh T. Bui
Summary: This study evaluates the effects of water injection on oil recovery in liquid-rich unconventional reservoirs using a new mass transport model and geomechanical model. The results show that osmosis significantly contributes to oil recovery from very low permeability shale matrix over a long time period, while shale swelling significantly reduces overall oil recovery. Water injection is not recommended for formations with swelling potential.
ROCK MECHANICS AND ROCK ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Samarth D. Patwardhan, Soumitra Nande, Vikas Agrawal, Dhwiti Patel, Shubham Nalawade
Summary: Low salinity waterflooding is a proven and cost-effective enhanced oil recovery technique that has gained popularity due to its ability to recover more oil. It involves injecting low salinity water compared to formation water, resulting in increased oil recovery factor and decreased residual oil saturation. This simulation study demonstrates the positive effect of low salinity waterflooding on oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs and highlights the advantage of sensitivity analysis in optimizing injection schemes for maximum recovery.
MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
L. Chequer, P. Bedrikovetsky
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Energy & Fuels
A. Al-Sarihi, T. Russell, P. Bedrikovetsky, A. Zeinijahromi
Article
Engineering, Chemical
A. Al-Sarihi, Z. You, A. Behr, L. Genolet, P. Kowollik, A. Zeinijahromi, P. Bedrikovetsky
TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA
(2020)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Kofi Ohemeng Kyei Prempeh, Larissa Chequer, Alexander Badalyan, Pavel Bedrikovetsky
JOURNAL OF NATURAL GAS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2020)
Article
Water Resources
Larissa Chequer, Pavel Bedrikovetsky, Alexander Badalyan, Vitaly Gitis
ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
(2020)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Alexander Badalyan, Larissa Chequer, Thomas Russell, Themis Carageorgos, Abbas Zeinijahromi, Zhenjiang You, Pavel Bedrikovetsky
Summary: The filtration and formation damage coefficients are crucial parameters for determining permeability decline in porous media during the flow of colloidal suspensions. Through precise measurement techniques and mathematical modeling, the values of these coefficients can be accurately determined, leading to improved accuracy in predicting flow behavior in porous media. By applying uncertainty propagation laws and weighted least squares methods, the values of these coefficients can be calculated with significantly lower combined standard uncertainties compared to previous literature reports.
Article
Engineering, Civil
S. Borazjani, N. Hemmati, A. Behr, L. Genolet, H. Mahani, A. Zeinijahromi, P. Bedrikovetsky
Summary: A novel method for simultaneous determination of relative phase permeability and capillary pressure from coreflood Steady-State Test has been proposed in this study, utilizing both steady-state and transient data. The stability of the algorithm has been checked and validated using laboratory data from gas-water systems.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Shuyan Yang, Nassim Hemmati, Thomas Russell, Abbas Zeinijahromi, Sara Borazjani, Aron Behr, Luis Genolet, Pavel Bedrikovetsky
Summary: This study focuses on analyzing the three-dimensional effects in short cores during steady-state tests for relative permeability and capillary pressure. It was found that although 3D flow effects influenced the measurement data, the agreement between K-r and P-c obtained from 3D and 1D models was close, with the Spiral distributor showing lower 3D flow effects and more accurate determination of relative permeability and capillary pressure from SSTT tests.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Razieh Kashiri, Azim Kalantariasl, Rafat Parsaei, Abbas Zeinijahromi
Summary: Low salinity water flooding has been recognized as an effective method for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs, but the presence of clay minerals can significantly impact the oil recovery process. In this study, experiments were conducted to evaluate the effects of kaolinite clay on oil recovery and fines migration, showing that incremental oil recovery was higher in clay-coated porous media saturated with nonpolar oil compared to polar crude oil.
NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Civil
L. Chequer, C. Nguyen, G. Loi, A. Zeinijahromi, P. Bedrikovetsky
Summary: The study focuses on predicting long-term well productivity changes based on production history and fines concentration. The analytical model derived provides detailed analysis of flow domain structure and an implicit formula for well impedance. Validation through field cases and common variation intervals for model parameters confirm the effectiveness of the proposed model.
JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY
(2021)
Article
Energy & Fuels
S. Borazjani, N. Hemmati, A. Behr, L. Genolet, H. Mahani, A. Zeinijahromi, P. Bedrikovetsky
Summary: This study aims to determine relative permeability and capillary pressure from steady-state coreflood tests, using an inverse algorithm based on transient data and type curves. Extensive sensitivity analysis confirms the stability of the obtained results, and validation with measured saturation profiles supports the effectiveness of the method.
JOURNAL OF PETROLEUM SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Afshin Tatar, Zohre Esmaeili-Jaghdan, Amin Shokrollahi, Abbas Zeinijahromi
Summary: This study used machine learning techniques to predict hydrogen solubility in hydrocarbons, finding that the GB model in ensemble methods has the highest accuracy. The results of the study contribute to a better understanding of hydrogen solubility in hydrocarbons.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
(2022)
Article
Energy & Fuels
Reza Behvandi, Afshin Tatar, Amin Shokrollahi, Abbas Zeinijahromi
Summary: The Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH) approach is used to predict hydrate formation temperature (T) in natural gas binary mixtures. A comprehensive database containing 728 data samples is compiled from 46 published experimental works. Different sets of input variables were assessed to find the best combination, and seven models were developed. The developed models performed better than existing correlations, with the model based on input Set #7 being the most accurate.
GEOENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Energy & Fuels
N. Hemmati, S. Borazjani, A. Badalyan, L. Genolet, A. Behr, P. Bedrikovetsky, A. Zeinijahromi
Summary: This study aims to develop a new laboratory method for determining the relative permeability (Kr) and capillary pressure (Pc) of low salinity (LS) waterflooding. The method uses steady-state and transient coreflood data to calculate Kr and Pc from the same coreflood. The results show that there is a significant decrease in water relative permeability and a slight increase in oil relative permeability after LS water injection.
GEOENERGY SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
(2023)