Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs

Emad W. Al-Shalabi; Kamy Sepehrnoori; Mojdeh Delshad

Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs

Emad W. Al-Shalabi
, Kamy Sepehrnoori
, Mojdeh Delshad

The University of Texas at Austin

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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.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013
Subtitle of host publication	Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future
Pages	288-305
Number of pages	18
State	Published - 2013
Event	SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future - Monterey, CA, United States Duration: 19 Apr 2013 → 25 Apr 2013

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Name	Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future

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Conference	SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future
Country/Territory	United States
City	Monterey, CA
Period	19/04/13 → 25/04/13

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Al-Shalabi, E. W., Sepehrnoori, K., & Delshad, M. (2013). Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future (pp. 288-305). (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future).

Al-Shalabi, Emad W. ; Sepehrnoori, Kamy ; Delshad, Mojdeh. / Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future. 2013. pp. 288-305 (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future).

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Al-Shalabi, EW, Sepehrnoori, K & Delshad, M 2013, Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs. in Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future. Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future, pp. 288-305, SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future, Monterey, CA, United States, 19/04/13.

Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs. / Al-Shalabi, Emad W.; Sepehrnoori, Kamy; Delshad, Mojdeh.
Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future. 2013. p. 288-305 (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future).

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Al-Shalabi EW, Sepehrnoori K, Delshad M. Mechanisms behind low salinity water flooding in carbonate reservoirs. In Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future. 2013. p. 288-305. (Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Western Regional / Pacific Section AAPG Joint Technical Conference 2013: Energy and the Environment Working Together for the Future).

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