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Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by Combined Low Salinity Water/Polymer Flooding

Authors: Behruz Shaker Shiran; Arne Skauge;

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by Combined Low Salinity Water/Polymer Flooding

Abstract

Recently, low salinity brine injection has been given a great interest as a technique for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) by waterflooding. Varying experimental results have been reported in the literature, from many promising results to limited or no effects of low salinity. The application of low salinity water in combination with other established EOR processes (e.g., surfactant flooding and polymer flooding) is of great interest. The combined processes involve dampening capillarity to avoid trapping of mobilized oil, reducing residual oil saturation (Sor), and altering frontal stability and sweep. In this article, we address the questions of timing of LS injection and the added benefit of polymer injection. Secondary-mode (at initial water saturation) and tertiary-mode (after seawater residual oil saturation) low salinity waterflooding experiments were performed on outcrop Berea sandstone core material. The main results are the oil recovery efficiencies of these two different flooding modes. These results...

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