Search Results - "Alotaibi, Mohammed B."
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Effects of Salinity on Oil Recovery (the “Dilution Effect”): Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Crude Oil/Brine/Carbonate Surface Restructuring and Associated Physicochemical Interactions
Published in Energy & fuels (21-09-2017)“…The primary aim of this study was to investigate the “dilution effect”, where dilution of the ionic concentration of the fluid injected into oil wells has been…”
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Molecular-scale origins of wettability at petroleum–brine–carbonate interfaces
Published in Scientific reports (25-11-2020)“…Wettability control of carbonates is a central concept for enhanced petroleum recovery, but a mechanistic understanding of the associated molecular-scale…”
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Locally Synthesized Zwitterionic Surfactants as EOR Chemicals in Sandstone and Carbonate
Published in ACS omega (22-10-2024)“…Zwitterionic surfactants are found to be highly effective in reducing the IFT and changing the wettability. This work studied the solubility and wettability…”
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Oil Displacement in Calcite-Coated Microfluidic Chips via Waterflooding at Elevated Temperatures and Long Times
Published in Micromachines (Basel) (01-08-2022)“…In microfluidic studies of improved oil recovery, mostly pore networks with uniform depth and surface chemistry are used. To better mimic the multiple porosity…”
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Effects of ions on the characteristics of monolayer at brine/oil interfaces
Published in E3S web of conferences (01-01-2019)“…The advanced waterflooding technologies through salinity and ionic content adjustment can make favorable impacts on rock wettability and oil recovery. In…”
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Absence of anomalous underscreening in highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes confined between smooth silica surfaces
Published in Journal of colloid and interface science (15-09-2022)“…[Display omitted] Recent surface forces apparatus experiments that measured the forces between two mica surfaces and a series of subsequent theoretical studies…”
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Dynamic interactions of inorganic species at carbonate/brine interfaces: An electrokinetic study
Published in Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects (05-08-2018)“…[Display omitted] Adjusting brine chemistry during waterflooding of carbonate and clastic reservoirs shows favorable impact on oil recovery. In carbonates,…”
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Response of crude oil deposited organic layers to brines of different salinity: An atomic force microscopy study on carbonate surfaces
Published in Fuel (Guildford) (15-10-2021)“…•A thick organic layer forms a protective coating on the calcite surfaces undergone crude oil aging.•The organic layer protects the calcite surface from…”
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Nonmonotonic Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Reactions at the Mineral–Water Interface
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-12-2021)“…Dissolution is inherent to fluid‐mineral systems. Yet its impact on minerals reacting with electrolytes is overlooked. Here, a novel nonmonotonic behavior for…”
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Mineral Interfaces and Oil Recovery: A Microscopic View on Surface Reconstruction, Organic Modification, and Wettability Alteration of Carbonates
Published in Energy & fuels (21-05-2020)“…While it is generally known that aging protocols have an important impact on the interaction between crude oil (CRO), brines, and mineral surfaces, the…”
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Nonmonotonic Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Reactions at the Mineral‐Water Interface (Adv. Funct. Mater. 51/2021)
Published in Advanced functional materials (01-12-2021)“…Dissolution–Precipitation In article number 2106396, Ashit Rao and co‐workers provide a unified framework for the surface reactions of carbonate minerals in…”
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Effects of Fluid Aging and Reservoir Temperature on Waterflooding in 2.5D Glass Micromodels
Published in Energy & fuels (03-02-2022)“…To study improved oil recovery (IOR) via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we performed waterflooding experiments in a glass 2.5D micromodel (dual…”
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Time-Dependent Physicochemical Changes of Carbonate Surfaces from SmartWater (Diluted Seawater) Flooding Processes for Improved Oil Recovery
Published in Langmuir (08-01-2019)“…Over the past few decades, field- and laboratory-scale studies have shown enhancements in oil recovery when reservoirs, which contain high-salinity formation…”
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Optical measurements of oil release from calcite packed beds in microfluidic channels
Published in Microfluidics and nanofluidics (01-07-2020)“…To enable the study of improved oil recovery (IOR) from carbonate rock via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we have developed a novel microfluidic…”
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Influence of Compressed Carbon Dioxide on the Capillarity of the Gas−Crude Oil−Reservoir Water System
Published in Journal of chemical and engineering data (11-11-2010)“…The application of carbon dioxide is becoming increasingly important for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. In view of combined EOR and carbon dioxide…”
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In Situ Characterization of Carbonate/Oil/Water Interfacial Layers Using Advanced EM Techniques for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Published in Energy & fuels (01-09-2022)“…The visualization and characterization of the interactions between injection brine, oil, and carbonate rock play a major role in understanding the causative…”
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Microscopic Characterization of Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation at Variable Salinity for Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs
Published in Energy & fuels (18-04-2024)“…Aging of carbonate mineral surfaces in brines of variable salinity and crude oil leads to massive transformations of surface topography and chemical…”
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Formation and Stability of Heterogeneous Organo–Ionic Surface Layers on Geological Carbonates
Published in Energy & fuels (21-07-2022)“…Many geological processes from oil recovery to underground CO2 storage are affected by natural molecules adsorbed on rock surfaces. Yet, geochemical models…”
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Absence of anomalous underscreening in highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes confined between smooth silica surfaces
Published 24-01-2022“…Recent experiments and a series of subsequent theoretical studies suggest the occurrence of universal underscreening in highly concentrated electrolyte…”
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