Aaron Gray interviews CEO, Salem Thyne of ESal, Engineered Salinity – a Wyoming born oil and gas company that tackled a +40 year stereotype about low salinity or “low sal” in certain oil and gas reservoirs. Salem eloquently describes their process, the history of using water in oil recovery and what the future of oil and gas as well as the energy industry as a whole.
What if wettability is changed in the wrong direction?
Then you have what is referred to as Wettability Damage. This type of damage occurs when the wettability alteration lowers expected recovery, thereby reducing profitability.
At ESal, we estimate that among all the oilfields in the world, no less than 20% are experiencing this type of damage.
And as you’re about to see from one example, it’s damage that can be outrageously costly.
Esal was featured in Petroleum Products & Services, which can be viewed here.
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