Capillary desaturation curve: does low salinity surfactant flooding significantly reduce the residual oil saturation?

Earth and Planetary Sciences

• Salinity 58%
• Residual Oil Saturation 52%
• Water Salinity 23%
• Desaturation 17%
• Sandstone 5%
• Surface Tension 5%
• Water Injection 5%

Engineering

• Capillary Number 47%
• Enhanced Oil Recovery 17%
• Recovery Technique 11%
• Hybrid Method 11%
• Interfacial Tension 5%
• Viscous Force 5%
• Residual Oil 5%
• Water Injection 5%
• Recovery Process 5%
• Capillary Force 5%
• Conducted Experiment 5%

Material Science

• Surface Active Agent 100%