Ultralow Interfacial Tension for Enhanced Oil Recovery at Very Low Surfactant Concentrations

Langmuir ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 3749-3756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton J. Rosen ◽  
Hongzhuang Wang ◽  
Pingping Shen ◽  
Youyi Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Ultralow Interfacial Tension

The study of ultralow interfacial tension SiO2-surfactant foam for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
pp. 109898
Author(s):  
Pattamas Rattanaudom ◽  
Bor-Jier-Ben Shiau ◽  
Jeffrey Harwell ◽  
Uthaiporn Suriyapraphadilok ◽  
Ampira Charoensaeng
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Ultralow Interfacial Tension

Effect of Magnetic Iron Core–Carbon Shell Nanoparticles in Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery for Ultralow Interfacial Tension Region

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 4158-4168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanía Betancur ◽  
Francisco Carrasco-Marín ◽  
Agustín F. Pérez-Cadenas ◽  
Camilo A. Franco ◽  
Jaime Jiménez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Carbon Shell ◽  
Iron Core ◽  
Shell Nanoparticles ◽  
Ultralow Interfacial Tension

scholarly journals Development of Ultralow Interfacial Tension Lignosulfonate from Kraft Black Liquor for Enhanced Oil Recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 210210
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mufti Azis ◽  
Fergie Febrina ◽  
Ignesti Anindia ◽  
Galuh Almas Darmawati ◽  
Desi Amalia Fenyka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Black Liquor ◽  
Sodium Lignosulfonate ◽  
Kraft Black Liquor ◽  
Chemical Eor ◽  
Ultralow Interfacial Tension

Indonesia aims to implement large-scale enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to increase the national oil production. Chemical EOR is a promising technology to boost the production of old reservoirs with the aid of surfactants and polymers. Thus, the production of low-cost EOR surfactants from local resources with acceptable performance is highly attractive. The objective of the present work was to demonstrate the development of low-cost lignosulfonate surfactant production from kraft black liquor (BL). First, lignin was isolated from black liquor using a novel CO2 bubbling technique, followed by addition of coagulants. Next, sodium lignosulfonate (SLS) was synthesized from the resulting lignin, followed by formulation of SLS with octanol and palm fatty acid distillate (PFAD) soap to obtain an ultralow interfacial tension (IFT) surfactant. The initial IFT value of the SLS solution was already high at 0.7 mN/m. After formulation, the composition SLS:PFAD soap:octanol = 70:22:8 (wt%) improved the IFT value to 3.1 10-3 mN/m. An ultralow IFT in the range of 10-3 mN/m as achieved here fulfills the required IFT value for EOR surfactant.

Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension of a Surfactant under a Wide Range of Temperature and Salinity Conditions for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 252-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derong Xu ◽  
Wanli Kang ◽  
Liming Zhang ◽  
Jiatong Jiang ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Low Interfacial Tension

scholarly journals Enhanced Oil Recovery: Chemical Flooding

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Ragab ◽  
Eman M. Mansour
Keyword(s):  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Mobility Ratio ◽  
Chemical Flooding ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Remaining Oil ◽  
Oil Displacement Efficiency

The enhanced oil recovery phase of oil reservoirs production usually comes after the water/gas injection (secondary recovery) phase. The main objective of EOR application is to mobilize the remaining oil through enhancing the oil displacement and volumetric sweep efficiency. The oil displacement efficiency enhances by reducing the oil viscosity and/or by reducing the interfacial tension, while the volumetric sweep efficiency improves by developing a favorable mobility ratio between the displacing fluid and the remaining oil. It is important to identify remaining oil and the production mechanisms that are necessary to improve oil recovery prior to implementing an EOR phase. Chemical enhanced oil recovery is one of the major EOR methods that reduces the residual oil saturation by lowering water-oil interfacial tension (surfactant/alkaline) and increases the volumetric sweep efficiency by reducing the water-oil mobility ratio (polymer). In this chapter, the basic mechanisms of different chemical methods have been discussed including the interactions of different chemicals with the reservoir rocks and fluids. In addition, an up-to-date status of chemical flooding at the laboratory scale, pilot projects and field applications have been reported.

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