relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/17935/ title: Formulation of a combined low saline water and polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery creator: Sarmah, S. creator: Gogoi, S.B. creator: Jagatheesan, K. creator: Hazarika, K. description: The study aims at formulating a new Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) slug comprising a synthetic polymer, (Polyacrylamide (PAM)) and a biopolymer, (Xanthan Gum (XG)). In this case, the EOR will be known as XPS, where low saline water flooding was assisted by PAM and XG. The polymer flooding application in the depleted oil fields of Upper Assam Basin has faced a number of challenges, as it was unable to enhance the viscosity of the displacing fluid and reduce the effective permeability of the displacing fluid, which led to the failure of the macroscopic sweep efficiency (ES) of the reservoir. The rheological properties were found to be Non-Newtonian mostly shear thinning and followed the Herschel�Bulkley (HB) and Ostwald�de Waele power law (OWP) models. The appropriate slugs were further flooded in a core flooding. Low saline water flooding followed by polymer flooding increases the overall recovery efficiency. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd. date: 2022 type: Article type: PeerReviewed identifier: Sarmah, S. and Gogoi, S.B. and Jagatheesan, K. and Hazarika, K. (2022) Formulation of a combined low saline water and polymer flooding for enhanced oil recovery. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 43 (1). pp. 1089-1097. ISSN 01430750 relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85075118318&doi=10.1080%2f01430750.2019.1683068&partnerID=40&md5=00bac942ec4b1ff5ffafdee17ae487a4 relation: 10.1080/01430750.2019.1683068 identifier: 10.1080/01430750.2019.1683068