Effects of magnesium and potassium sulfates on oil recovery by water flooding

Conventional water flooding has been applied successfully worldwide using sea water and/or formation brine. Two processes are proposed to improve oil recovery by water flooding such as; lowering water salinity as LoSal (300 to 5,000 ppm) and changing concentration of cations and/or anions as designe...

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Main Authors: El-Abbas A.A. Moustafa, Shedid A. Shedid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-12-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062117302179