EEOR in Carbonate Reservoirs - Electrokinetics for Petroleum and Environmental Engineers - page 173

EOR Enhanced Oil Recovery
EEOR Electrically Enhanced Oil Recovery
EK Electrokinetics
EKSM Simultaneous Electrokinetics-Assisted Flooding
EKSQ Sequential Electrokinetics-Assisted Flooding
EKLAEOR Electrokinetics Low Concentration Acid EOR
HTHPHS High temperature-high pressure-high salinity
LHPN Lipophobic and Hydrophilic Polysilicon Nanoparticles
OOIP Original Oil-in-Place
OPEX Operational Expenses
OW Oil-wet
PI-EKRC Petroleum Institute Electrokinetic Research Center
PSNP Polysilicon Nanoparticles
N/S Nano/Surfactant
RF Recovery Factor = DE* Volumetric sweep
Sequential WF followed by conventional chemical EOR followed by
EEOR
Simultaneous Chemical EOR applied simultaneously with EEOR
SMART

Simultaneous/Sequential Modified Assisted Recovery
Techniques

V/cm Volt per centimeter

WF Waterflooding

WW Water-wet

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