Effects of Brine Valency and Concentration on Oil Displacement by Spontaneous Imbibition: An Interplay between Wettability Alteration and Reduction in the Oil-Brine Interfacial Tension

Anupong Sukee, Tanakon Nunta, Nawamin Fongkham +5

Brine fluids have recently been of high interest to enhanced oil recovery. Mechanisms for such improvement were widely proposed, including wettability alteration and reduction in t…