@inproceedings{274ab3a7a7044f939cf8c8f522c36e9f,
title = "Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs",
abstract = "The low salinity water injection method (LoSal) has become one of the important research topics in the oil industry because of its enormous possible advantages. The objective of this paper is to investigate the mechanism behind the LoSal effect on oil recovery through data matching. The UTCHEM simulator was used to match the cycles of the injected seawater and different dilutions of the latter for two recently published coreflooding experiments. The result from the history matching revealed that the wettability alteration mechanism is believed to be the main contributor to LoSal. Based on this finding, an analytical model for oil recovery predictions can be developed.",
author = "Al-Shalabi, {Emad W.} and Kamy Sepehrnoori and Mojdeh Delshad",
year = "2013",
language = "British English",
isbn = "9781627482868",
series = "Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future",
pages = "288--305",
booktitle = "Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013",
note = "SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future ; Conference date: 19-04-2013 Through 25-04-2013",
}