Smart Water for enhanced oil recovery is a research field at University of Stavanger.
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Chemical reactivity
- Reservoir minerals
- Ions in formation water and injection brines
- Crude oil components
Reservoir wettability
- Crude oil – Brine – Rock (CoBR) interactions
- Temperature effects
- Chemical models describing wettability in Carbonate and Sandstone reservoirs
Core restoration
- Optimized procedures for reproducing initial wettability
Smart Water EOR
- Parameter studies describing wettability alteration processes
- Optimizing ion composition of Smart Water
- Chemical models describing Smart Water EOR processes
- Screening tests for Smart Water EOR potential in reservoirs
Hybrid EOR
- Chemical EOR combined with Smart Water