A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil

A Karthick, B Roy, P Chattopadhyay - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

[HTML][HTML] Pickering foams and parameters influencing their characteristics

P Amani, R Miller, A Javadi, M Firouzi - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pickering foams are available in many applications and have been continually gaining
interest in the last two decades. Pickering foams are multifaceted, and their characteristics …

Effect of interface structure and behavior on the fluid flow characteristics and phase interaction in the petroleum industry: State of the art review and outlook

J Hong, Z Wang, J Li, Y Xu, H Xin - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
As the global oil market continues to tighten, there is an increasing focus on enhancing oil
recovery. However, enhanced oil recovery technologies require the addition of chemical …

Effective exploitation of anionic, nonionic, and nanoparticle-stabilized surfactant foams for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil remediation

N Ali, M Bilal, A Khan, F Ali, HMN Iqbal - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Contaminated environments posed serious threats to the ecosystems and their living beings.
Suitable preventive approaches should be adopted for effective remediation of …

Experimental study and field demonstration of air-foam flooding for heavy oil EOR

L Lang, H Li, X Wang, N Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Foam flooding is an effective oil displacement technique to improve fluid sweep efficiency
and increase oil recovery. The objective of this study is to investigate the application of air …

Stability mechanism of a novel three-Phase foam by adding dispersed particle gel

G Zhao, C Dai, D Wen, J Fang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
A novel three-phase foam as a profile control agent in mature oilfields was successfully
prepared by adding dispersed particle gel (DPG). The effects of surfactant concentration …

Comprehensive Water–Alternating-Gas (WAG) injection study to evaluate the most effective method based on heavy oil recovery and asphaltene precipitation tests

Y Ahmadi, SE Eshraghi, P Bahrami… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
This research provides a laboratory displacement study of several Enhanced-Oil-Recovery
(EOR) scenarios including water, hot water, N 2, CO 2, associated gas, and four Water …

Stability mechanisms of viscoelastic zwitterionic-anionic surfactants enhanced foam system for low-permeability reservoirs

W Kang, Y He, Z Li, H Yang, Z Ye, W Li, H Jiang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Polymers are generally applied to enhance foam stability and boost the efficiency of foam
flooding for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). In low-permeability reservoirs, the polymers can …

Experimental investigation on the stability of foam using combination of anionic and zwitterionic surfactants: A screening scenario to obtain optimum compound

S Shahmarvand, F Ameli, S Mohammadi… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The use of foam injection as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique has been
suggested since the 1960s to address issues with gas injection. Foam is composed of gas …

Assessment of flushing methods for the removal of heavy chlorinated compounds DNAPL in an alluvial aquifer

J Maire, A Joubert, D Kaifas, T Invernizzi… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Immiscible mobilization and foam flushing were assessed as low surfactant consuming
technologies, for the enhanced recovery of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) …