Practical Concerns and Principle Guidelines for Screening, Implementation, Design, and Optimization of Low Salinity Waterflooding
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Abstract
Summary Low Salinity Waterflooding (LSW) is an emerging attractive enhanced oil recovery method; however, the concept of LSW is relatively new and, most references focus only on the experimental and theoretical work, with somewhat contradictory results. This paper presents a systematic research to address the practical key points and various aspects of LSW design and development in terms of reservoir screening, fluid design, well placement, geological impact, and process optimization. The starting point of this research is to analyze and compile a wide range of published results in the past twenty years. The general observations and proposed mechanisms are examined against each other to reveal the main reasons of the incremental oil recovery by LSW. Among the proposed hypotheses, wettability alteration towards more water wetness has been found as the main mechanism of LSW. Up to now, this hypothesis has been widely accepted and rigorously supported by recent explorations and results in this research area. Although LSW has been proven that it can significantly improve the ultimate oil recovery, injection of low salinity brine is not always guaranteed for an incremental oil recovery as indicated by several failure projects in promising reservoir candidates in the past. To overcome this challenge, a pre-screening criterion for LSW and hybrid LSW is introduced by taking into account the crucial effects of reservoir characterizations as well as facilities and operating conditions. Subsequently, we address the important key points for a LSW injection fluid design and the critical role of clay and well placement to the LSW performance. Finally, we discuss several effective approaches to maximize oil recovery in a LSW project.
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