Foam EOR as an optimization technique for gas EOR: A comprehensive review of laboratory and field implementations

A Bello, A Ivanova, A Cheremisin - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Foam-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is poised to become one of the most promising tertiary
recovery techniques to keep up with the continuously increasing global energy demands …

Foam generation, propagation and stability in porous medium

A Skauge, J Solbakken, PA Ormehaug… - Transport in Porous …, 2020 - Springer
There have been several foam field applications in recent years. Foam treatments targeting
gas mobility control in injectors as well as gas blocking in production wells have been …

Introduction to chemical enhanced oil recovery

Y Ahmadi, M Mohammadi, M Sedighi - Chemical Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Vast amounts of oil and gas remain uncovered despite conventional methods such as
primary and secondary flooding. Chemical enhanced oil recovery (chemical EOR) is …

Evaluation of gas-based EOR methods in gas-invaded zones of fractured carbonate reservoir

R Gugl, R Kharrat, A Shariat, H Ott - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
More than half of all recoverable oil reserves are found in carbonate rocks. Most of these
fields are highly fractured and develop different zonations during primary and secondary …

A Comprehensive Review of Fracture Characterization and Its Impact on Oil Production in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

R Kharrat, H Ott - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Naturally fractured reservoirs are indescribable systems to characterize and difficult to
produce and forecast. For the development of such reservoirs, the role of naturally forming …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancement of a foaming formulation with a zwitterionic surfactant for gas mobility control in harsh reservoir conditions

MA Roncoroni, P Romero, J Montes, G Bascialla… - Petroleum Science, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presents the design of a robust foam formulation that tolerates harsh reservoir
conditions (high salinity, high divalent ion concentration, high temperature, light oil, and …

Injection of Nanofluids with Fluorosurfactant-modified nanoparticles dispersed in a flue gas stream at very low concentration for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in tight …

D Galeano-Caro, JP Villegas, JH Sánchez… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The main objective of this work is to evaluate the effect of nanofluids formed by surface-
modified nanoparticles with a fluorosurfactant dispersed in a flue gas stream at low …

Development and validation of a new model for in situ foam generation using foamer droplets injection

JD Valencia, A Ocampo, JM Mejía - Transport in Porous Media, 2020 - Springer
Foam generation and transport in porous media are a proven method to improve the sweep
efficiency of a flooding fluid in enhanced oil recovery process and increase the effectiveness …

Successful Foams EOR Field Pilot in a Naturally Fractured Reservoir by the Injection of the Foaming Agent Dispersed in the Gas Stream

A Ocampo, A Restrepo, J Clavijo… - SPE Improved Oil …, 2020 - onepetro.org
This work presents the concept, progression, execution and results for a successful field
implementation for a new technique to create insitu blocking foams in a gas condensate …

Use of Foams EOR in Piedemonte Fields-A Successful Mechanism to Improve Gas Sweep Efficiency in Low Porosity and Naturally Fractured Reservoirs

A Ocampo, A Restrepo, J Clavijo, H Cifuentes… - SPE Latin America …, 2020 - onepetro.org
This paper presents the development and successful implementation of the Foams
technology as an effective EOR mechanism to improve the sweep efficiency of the gas …