Advances in Understanding Polymer Retention in Reservoir Rocks: A Comprehensive Review

AH Salam, B Alsaif, SMS Hussain, S Khan… - Polymer …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding polymer retention is a critical aspect in the field of chemical-enhanced oil
recovery (cEOR). This article presents a comprehensive review of polymer retention in …

Enhancing foam stability through a combination of surfactant and nanoparticles

M Almubarak, Z AlYousef, M Almajid… - Abu Dhabi …, 2020 - onepetro.org
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 …

A mathematical model of surfactant spontaneous imbibition in a tight oil matrix with diffusion and adsorption

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental Study on the Mechanism of Enhanced Imbibition with Different Types of Surfactants in Low-Permeability Glutenite Reservoirs

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 …

Insights into CO2 Foaming Behavior of Ethoxylated Amines

L Le, R Ramanathan, T Almubarak, HA Nasr-El-Din - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Evaluation of Foam Stability using Treated Produced Water from Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) Technology

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 …

Impact of tailored water chemistry aqueous ions on foam stability enhancement

Z AlYousef, S Ayirala, M Almubarak, D Cha - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Kegiatan Tambahan 2022

M Darbi Abdurrahman - 2022 - repository.uir.ac.id
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 …

The Impact of Tailored Water Chemistry Aqueous Ions on Foam Stability and Mobility Control

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 …

Experimental study of surfactant-aided enhanced oil recovery in carbonate rock

J Kühne - tubaf.qucosa.de
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 …