Investigation on stabilization of CO2 foam by ionic and nonionic surfactants in presence of different additives for application in enhanced oil recovery

S Kumar, A Mandal - Applied Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Application of foam in upstream petroleum industry specifically in enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) has gained significant interest in recent years. In view of this, an attempt has been …

New insight into foam stability enhancement mechanism, using polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and nanoparticles

B Dehdari, R Parsaei, M Riazi, N Rezaei… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Foam stability is critical when using foams to reduce the gas mobility and to increase the oil
sweep efficiency, under harsh reservoir conditions. In this paper, we formulated foam …

Experimental investigation of emulsified oil dispersion on bulk foam stability

R Rafati, OK Oludara, AS Haddad, H Hamidi - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently aqueous foams have shown promising results to overcome viscous fingering and
gravity segregation problems during gas injection process. However, one of the main …

Optimization and evaluation of binary composite foam system with low interfacial tension in low permeability fractured reservoir with high salinity

C Zhang, P Wang, G Song, G Qu, J Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The foam flooding technology can be used in low permeability fractured reservoir for tertiary
oil recovery. In view of low permeability fractured reservoir with low temperature and high …

[PDF][PDF] NANOSILICA-STABILISED SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE FOAM FOR ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY APPLICATION

T KUN - 2017 - eprints.utm.my
Various enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been studied intensively and proven to
mobilize, and aid in improving the flow of remaining oil in the reservoirs to producing wells …

[PDF][PDF] Nanoparticles-surfactant foam and crude oil interaction in porous media

N YEKEEN - 2017 - eprints.utm.my
Nanoparticles and surfactant stabilized foams have versatile applications in enhanced oil
recovery process. The synergistic advantages of surface tension reduction by surfactant and …

Investigation of sodium laurylglucosides hydroxypropyl sulfonate through response surface methodology–Effects of amphoteric surfactant and electrolyte

P Uongpitakpan… - Thai Journal of …, 2021 - tjps.pharm.chula.ac.th
The goal of this research was to investigate the effect of electrolyte and an amphoteric
surfactant on the viscosity, foamability, and foam stability of sodium laurylglucosides …

Laboratory analysis of foam generating surfactants and their thermal stability for enhanced oil recovery application

MK Memon, U Ansari… - … Research Journal Of …, 2020 - search.informit.org
The residual oil after primary or secondary oil recovery can be recovered by the methods of
EOR (Enhanced Oil Recovery). The objective of this study is screening the surfactants that …

CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Porous Media: An Experimental Investigation

DMA Al-bayati - 2020 - espace.curtin.edu.au
This research has focused on providing a deep understanding of the effects of reservoir
heterogeneity on performance of CO2-EOR using a systematic laboratory investigation. The …

Performance of Fluoro-surfactant with Super Critical CO2 Flooding in High Salinity Carbonate Reservoirs

ZZ Jangda - 2014 - search.proquest.com
Super-Critical CO 2 flooding combined with surfactants is one of the latest techniques being
used for Enhanced Oil Recovery. This overcomes the shortcomings associated with CO 2 …