Gas injection is amongst the oldest and most used enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods in the petroleum industry. Nevertheless, gas EOR is subject to poor macroscopic sweep …
F Wang, H Cheng, K Song - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfactants can significantly improve the oil recovery of spontaneous imbibition (SI) in unconventional oil reservoirs, but mathematical modeling of surfactant SI for displacing oil in …
H Qu, J Shi, M Wu, F Zhou, J Zhang, Y Peng, T Yu… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Due to the complex physical properties of low-permeability glutenite reservoirs, the oil recovery rate with conventional development is low. Surfactants are effective additives for …
Switchable ethoxylated amine surfactants are readily soluble in CO2 and high-saline brines. The objective of the current work is to maximize the foamability and stability of CO2 foam at …
Z AlYousef, S Ayirala, A Algadrah… - … at Oil and Gas West Asia, 2024 - onepetro.org
One of the major drawbacks of using foam to reduce the gas mobility in oil fields is its stability at harsh reservoir conditions. A key factor that impacts the foam stability is the type …
Generating strong and stable foam is necessary to achieve in-depth conformance control in the reservoir. Besides other parameters, the chemistry of injection water can significantly …
Indonesia merupakan salah satu negara yang memproduksi minyak bumi yang cukup besar sekitar 1, 5 juta barel per hari, tetapi saat ini mengalami penurunan produksi yang sangat …
Z AlYousef, S Ayirala, M Almubarak… - Abu Dhabi International …, 2020 - onepetro.org
The in-situ generation of foam while injecting gas is well recognized due to its effectiveness in lowering the gas mobility and, hence, improving the sweep efficiency in porous media …
Abstract (EN) The application of surfactants and polymers in carbonate reservoirs has a high potential with emerging technology of the manufacture of these chemicals. Tertiary or …