Comprehensive review on surfactant adsorption on mineral surfaces in chemical enhanced oil recovery

Z Liu, G Zhao, M Brewer, Q Lv, EJR Sudhölter - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for efficient extraction of residual oil, enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) offers prospects for producing more reservoirs' original oil in place. As one of the most …

A systematic review of Anhydrite-Bearing Reservoirs: EOR Perspective, CO2-Geo-storage and future research

A Isah, M Arif, A Hassan, M Mahmoud, S Iglauer - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the rock/fluid interaction is key to the success of any enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) method. However, EOR methods are significantly affected when the reservoir …

Investigation of modified Water chemistry for improved oil recovery: Application of DLVO theory and surface complexation model

A Sanaei, S Tavassoli, K Sepehrnoori - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2019 - Elsevier
It is widely accepted that oil recovery during waterflooding can be improved by modifying the
composition of the injected brine. A typical approach is diluting the formation water to a …

Experimental evaluation of designed and synthesized Alkaline-Surfactant-polymer (ASP) for chemical flooding in carbonate reservoirs

F Pashapouryeganeh, G Zargar, A Kadkhodaie… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
More than half of the oil and gas resources of the world are hosted in carbonate reservoirs.
Also, a total of 60% of their residual oil is left unswept during conventional primary and …

Preparation and flame retardant property of nano-aluminum hydroxide foam for preventing spontaneous coal combustion

L Zhang, Y Bian, D Kuai - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The spontaneous combustion of coal in goaf was effectively prevented by adding nano-
aluminum hydroxide (Nano-ATH) into the composite foaming agent solution in the …

A review on retention of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic insight

M Mushtaq, EW Al-Shalabi, W AlAmeri - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In mature reservoirs, over 60% of oil remains trapped after waterflooding and can only be
recovered using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, including chemical EOR …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis of hydrophobic polymeric surfactant (Polyacrylamide/Zwitterionic) and its effect on enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

EG Golab, R Ghamarpoor, FJ Kondori, S Hosseini… - Chemical Physics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Injection of surfactant and polymer at the same time is one of the challenges that reduce
their performance in reservoirs. Using a polymeric surfactant (PS) as a single new material …

Novel insights into the geochemical evaluation of polymer drive composition on surfactant retention in carbonates using the surface complexation modeling

I Khurshid, I Afgan - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Surfactant-polymer (SP) flooding is considered an efficient technique to increase the
recovery of oil, especially from carbonates reservoirs, because of their complex nature. The …

Geochemical Analysis of Hardness on the Adsorption of Surfactants in Carbonates under Severe Thermodynamic Conditions: Surface Complexation Modeling …

I Khurshid, Y Addad, I Afgan - Journal of Energy …, 2023 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Several core-flooding-based experimental studies demonstrated the effect of calcium and
magnesium ions and it is found that these hard ions have detrimental effects on oil recovery …

Wettability alternation and interface tension modification for enhanced oil recovery in oil-wet carbonates: a comparative study of different surfactants

JA Medina, EC Obasi, T Elshehabi, S Saraji - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing demand for oil and gas today, and the increasing difficulty of
recovering hydrocarbons from carbonate reservoirs, it is vital to apply enhanced oil recovery …