Hybrid Engineered Water–Polymer Flooding in Carbonates: A Review of Mechanisms and Case Studies

The fast depletion of oil reserves has steered the petroleum industry towards developing novel and cost-effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques in order to get the most out of reservoirs. Engineered water–polymer flooding (EWPF) is an emerging hybrid EOR technology that uses the synergetic...

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Published in:	Applied Sciences
Main Authors:	Mariam Shakeel, Peyman Pourafshary, Muhammad Rehan Hashmet
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Subjects:	hybrid engineered water low salinity polymer surfactant wettability interfacial tension
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/17/6087