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Low Salinity Oil Recovery – Increasing Understanding of the Underlying Mechanisms of Double Layer Expansion
- Publisher: European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
- Source: Conference Proceedings, IOR 2011 - 16th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery, Apr 2011, cp-230-00055
- ISBN: 978-90-73834-07-1
Abstract
Water injection has been used to increase oil recovery since the late 19th century. For over 100 years, the mechanisms behind this incremental oil recovery have been thought as physical, i.e. the injection of water maintains reservoir pressure and sweeps