Improved Oil Recovery from Tensleep Sandstone - Studies of Brine-Rock Interactions by Micro-CT and AFM
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2009
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Lebedeva, Evgenia
Senden, Timothy
Knackstedt, Mark
Morrow, Norman Robert
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European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers
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Numerous laboratory studies show that oil recovery by waterflooding can depend on the composition of the injected water. In particular, low salinity water injection has been shown to improve oil recovery in both laboratory core floods and field pilot test
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Keywords: Atomic force microscope (AFM); Carbonate surfaces; Improve oil recovery; Improved oil recovery; Initial water saturation; Laboratory studies; Monovalent cations; Recovery mechanisms; Adhesion; Atomic force microscopy; Computerized tomography; Crude oil; E
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Proceedings of European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2009
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