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Abbreviations

AN Acid number LSWF Low salinity waterflood
BET Brunauer-Emmett-Teller MICP Mercury injection capillary pressure
BN Base number MMC Multiple mixing cell
BPS Bond product sum MMP Minimum miscibility pressure
CAPEX Capital expenditures NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
CEC Cation exchange capacity NPV Net present value
CDC Capillary desaturation curve OOIP Original oil in place
CGI Continuous gas injection OPEX Operating expense
CMC Critical micelle concentration PALS Phase-analysis-light-scattering
CT Computed tomography PET Positron emission tomography
CWI Carbonated water injection PNC Pulsed neutron capture
DPR Disproportionate permeability PV Pore volume
reduction SAGD Steam-assisted gravity drainage
EDL Electrical double layer SEM Scanning electron microscope
EOR Enhanced oil recovery SWAG Simultaneous water and gas injection
EOS Equation of state SWCTT Single well chemical tracer test
GC Gas chromatography TAN Total acid number
HLB Hydrophile-lipophile balance TDS Total dissolved solids
HPAM Hydrolyzed polyacrylamide TDT Thermal decay time
IAP Ion activity product TOC Total organic carbon
ICP Inductively coupled plasma TST Transition state theory
IOR Improved oil recovery WAG Water-alternating-gas
LPG Liquefied petroleum gas WASP Water-alternating-steam process
LS Low salinity XRD X-ray diffraction
LSASPF Low salinity-alternating-steam flood XRF X-ray fluorescence
LSPF Low salinityeaugmented polymer
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