Mohammed B. Alotaibi
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View article: Fluorescent Labeling of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyacrylamide Polymers in Microemulsion Systems
Fluorescent Labeling of Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyacrylamide Polymers in Microemulsion Systems Open
Fluorescent labeling of ultrahigh molecular weight polymers is crucial for understanding their behavior in complex environments yet remains challenging due to purification difficulties. Here, we present an efficient postpolymerization labe…
View article: Impact of Pressure and Gas/Oil Ratios (GORs) on the Optimal Parameters for Surfactant Formulations in Chemical EOR: Experimental Study
Impact of Pressure and Gas/Oil Ratios (GORs) on the Optimal Parameters for Surfactant Formulations in Chemical EOR: Experimental Study Open
Surfactant chemical-enhanced oil recovery plays a crucial role in achieving ultralow interfacial tension between remaining crude oil and injected water, thereby enhancing oil recovery rates. This study aims to investigate the impact of pre…
View article: Locally Synthesized Zwitterionic Surfactants as EOR Chemicals in Sandstone and Carbonate
Locally Synthesized Zwitterionic Surfactants as EOR Chemicals in Sandstone and Carbonate Open
Zwitterionic surfactants are found to be highly effective in reducing the IFT and changing the wettability. This work studied the solubility and wettability alteration performance of locally synthesized zwitterionic surfactants in Berea sa…
View article: Microscopic Characterization of Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation at Variable Salinity for Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs
Microscopic Characterization of Mineral Dissolution and Precipitation at Variable Salinity for Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs Open
Aging of carbonate mineral surfaces in brines of variable salinity and crude oil leads to massive transformations of surface topography and chemical composition including the formation of mixed organic–inorganic interfacial layers. The res…
View article: Long-Term Thermal Stability of Ionic Surfactants for Improving Oil Production at High-Salinity High-Temperature Conditions
Long-Term Thermal Stability of Ionic Surfactants for Improving Oil Production at High-Salinity High-Temperature Conditions Open
Surfactants with stable chemical structures and robust ability are required to lower interfacial tension and stabilize emulsions for successful chemical injection applications. This work selected six surfactants, dodecyl carboxylic sodium …
View article: Systematic observations of enhanced oil recovery and associated changes at carbonate-brine and carbonate-petroleum interfaces
Systematic observations of enhanced oil recovery and associated changes at carbonate-brine and carbonate-petroleum interfaces Open
View article: Oil Displacement in Calcite-Coated Microfluidic Chips via Waterflooding at Elevated Temperatures and Long Times
Oil Displacement in Calcite-Coated Microfluidic Chips via Waterflooding at Elevated Temperatures and Long Times Open
In microfluidic studies of improved oil recovery, mostly pore networks with uniform depth and surface chemistry are used. To better mimic the multiple porosity length scales and surface heterogeneity of carbonate reservoirs, we coated a 2.…
View article: Formation and Stability of Heterogeneous Organo–Ionic Surface Layers on Geological Carbonates
Formation and Stability of Heterogeneous Organo–Ionic Surface Layers on Geological Carbonates Open
Many geological processes from oil recovery to underground CO2storage are affected by natural molecules adsorbed on rock surfaces. Yet, geochemical models tend to overlook their formation and stability, let alone existence. With a suite of…
View article: Absence of anomalous underscreening in highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes confined between smooth silica surfaces
Absence of anomalous underscreening in highly concentrated aqueous electrolytes confined between smooth silica surfaces Open
Recent experiments and a series of subsequent theoretical studies suggest the occurrence of universal underscreening in highly concentrated electrolyte solutions. We performed a set of systematic Atomic Force Spectroscopy measurements for …
View article: Effects of Fluid Aging and Reservoir Temperature on Waterflooding in 2.5D Glass Micromodels
Effects of Fluid Aging and Reservoir Temperature on Waterflooding in 2.5D Glass Micromodels Open
To study improved oil recovery (IOR) via laboratory experiments at the pore scale, we performed waterflooding experiments in a glass 2.5D micromodel (dual depth: 12 and 27 μm) with crude oil (CRO) and brines of variable compositions at tem…
View article: Nonmonotonic Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Reactions at the Mineral–Water Interface
Nonmonotonic Coupled Dissolution‐Precipitation Reactions at the Mineral–Water Interface Open
Dissolution is inherent to fluid‐mineral systems. Yet its impact on minerals reacting with electrolytes is overlooked. Here, a novel nonmonotonic behavior for the surface interactions of carbonates (calcite and Mg‐calcite) with organic aci…
View article: Pore-Scale Oil Connectivity and Displacement by Controlled-Ionic-Composition Waterflooding Using Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography
Pore-Scale Oil Connectivity and Displacement by Controlled-Ionic-Composition Waterflooding Using Synchrotron X-Ray Microtomography Open
Summary Controlled-ionic-composition waterflooding is an economic and effective method to improve oil recovery in carbonate oil reservoirs. Recent studies show controlling the salinity and ionic composition of injection water can alter the…
View article: Response of crude oil deposited organic layers to brines of different salinity: An atomic force microscopy study on carbonate surfaces
Response of crude oil deposited organic layers to brines of different salinity: An atomic force microscopy study on carbonate surfaces Open
View article: Molecular-scale origins of wettability at petroleum–brine–carbonate interfaces
Molecular-scale origins of wettability at petroleum–brine–carbonate interfaces Open
Wettability control of carbonates is a central concept for enhanced petroleum recovery, but a mechanistic understanding of the associated molecular-scale chemical processes remains unclear. We directly probe the interface of calcium carbon…
View article: Artificial Diagenesis of Carbonates: Temperature-Dependent Inorganic and Organic Modifications in Reservoir Mimetic Fluids
Artificial Diagenesis of Carbonates: Temperature-Dependent Inorganic and Organic Modifications in Reservoir Mimetic Fluids Open
Summary Within reservoirs, spatial variations related to mineralogy and fluid chemistry determine the success of improved oil recovery (IOR) technologies. However, the composition and structure of mineral-adsorbent/fluid interfaces, which …
View article: Optical measurements of oil release from calcite packed beds in microfluidic channels
Optical measurements of oil release from calcite packed beds in microfluidic channels Open
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 chip containing a 3D packed bed of calcite particles. The utilization of fluorescen…
View article: Mineral Interfaces and Oil Recovery: A Microscopic View on Surface Reconstruction, Organic Modification, and Wettability Alteration of Carbonates
Mineral Interfaces and Oil Recovery: A Microscopic View on Surface Reconstruction, Organic Modification, and Wettability Alteration of Carbonates Open
While it is generally known that aging protocols have an important impact on the interaction between crude oil (CRO), brines, and mineral surfaces, the microscopic consequences of the various steps of aging have hardly been described. In t…
View article: A Surface Complexation Model of Alkaline-SmartWater Electrokinetic Interactions in Carbonates
A Surface Complexation Model of Alkaline-SmartWater Electrokinetic Interactions in Carbonates Open
Understanding the effect of injection water chemistry is becoming crucial, as it has been recently shown to have a major impact on oil recovery processes in carbonate formations. Various studies have concluded that surface charge alteratio…
View article: New Insights to Characterize Fluid/Carbonate Rock Interfaces Using Transmission Electron Microscopy with Liquid Cell Holder
New Insights to Characterize Fluid/Carbonate Rock Interfaces Using Transmission Electron Microscopy with Liquid Cell Holder Open
View article: Effects of ions on the characteristics of monolayer at brine/oil interfaces
Effects of ions on the characteristics of monolayer at brine/oil interfaces Open
The advanced waterflooding technologies through salinity and ionic content adjustment can make favorable impacts on rock wettability and oil recovery. In carbonate reservoirs, SmartWater at low ionic strength showed strong chemical interac…
View article: Development of novel continuous flow reaction methodology for fine chemical production
Development of novel continuous flow reaction methodology for fine chemical production Open
At present, synthesising complex chemical compounds is a process that is facilitated by employing conventional batch based laboratory approaches. This path, which can to some extent be automated, frequently suffers from inefficient and unc…