Systematic observations of enhanced oil recovery and associated changes at carbonate-brine and carbonate-petroleum interfaces.


Journal

Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Oct 2023
Historique:
received: 25 05 2023
accepted: 19 09 2023
medline: 7 10 2023
pubmed: 7 10 2023
entrez: 6 10 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from carbonates is obtained by injection of controlled ionic strength brines containing "active ions" (e.g., SO

Identifiants

pubmed: 37803020
doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-43081-2
pii: 10.1038/s41598-023-43081-2
pmc: PMC10558449
doi:

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Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

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16891

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© 2023. Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Tianzhu Qin (T)

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, USA.
Sigray Corporation, Concord, CA, 94520, USA.

Paul Fenter (P)

Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, USA. fenter@anl.gov.

Mohammed AlOtaibi (M)

EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Subhash Ayirala (S)

EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Ali Yousef (A)

EXPEC Advanced Research Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

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