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Our aim was to determine if measurements of self-potential at a production well can be used to detect the movement of water toward the well. The coupling coefficients for the electrochemical and thermoelectric potentials are uncertain, so we considered four different models for them. We also investigated the effect of altering the salinities of the formation and injected brines. We found that the electrokinetic potential peaked at the location of the saturation front (reaching values of 0.2 mV even for the most saline brine considered). Moreover, the value at the production well increased as the front approached the well, exceeding the noise level (\u223c 0.1 mV). Thermoelectric effects gave rise to larger potentials in the reservoir (\u223c10 mV), but values at the well were negligible (\u22720.1 mV) until after water breakthrough because of the lag in the temperature front relative to the saturation front. Electrochemical potentials were smaller in magnitude than thermoelectric potentials in the reservoir but were measurable (&amp;gt; 0.1 mV) at the well because the salinity front was closely associated with the saturation front. When the formation brine was less saline (\u223c1 mol\/liter), electrokinetic effects dominated; at higher salinities (\u223c5 mol\/liter), electrochemical effects were significant. We concluded that the measurement of self-potential signals in a production well may be used to monitor the movement of water in hydrocarbon reservoirs during production, but further research is required to understand the thermoelectric and electrochemical coupling coefficients in partially saturated porous media.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1190\/1.3596010","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,6,17]],"date-time":"2011-06-17T17:55:52Z","timestamp":1308333352000},"page":"F283-F292","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Self-potential anomalies induced by water injection into hydrocarbon reservoirs"],"prefix":"10.1190","volume":"76","author":[{"given":"Murtaza Y.","family":"Gulamali","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Imperial College London 1 , Department of Earth Science and Engineering, London, U. K. 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