The wettability of carbonate rocks is often oil-wet or mixed wet. A large fraction of oil is still
remained in carbonate reservoirs, it is therefore of particular significance to implement …

Wettability, a fundamental property of porous surface, occupies a pivotal position in the fields
of enhanced oil recovery, organic contaminant adsorption and oil/water separation. In this …

Gemini surfactants consist of two cationic monomers of a surfactant linked together with a
spacer. The specific structure of a cationic gemini surfactant is the reason for both its high …

Developing novel absorbent materials with both rapid absorption speed and efficient
recovery of viscous crude oils presents an enticing prospect for crude cleanup and …

Interfacial tension (IFT) reduction and wettability alteration (WA) are important enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) mechanisms that help displace residual oil from the reservoir. Many studies …

Gemini cationic surfactants (GS) are constructed from two alkylammonium monomeric salts
linked by a spacer. They have both excellent surface, biocidal and anticorrosive properties …

Surfactants are known as interfacial tension (IFT) reducer additives in enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) process. The use of chemical surfactants has always been a challenge due to the …

More than half of the global oil reserves are in carbonate reservoirs. Carbonate rocks,
however, in most cases tend to be mixed-wet or oil-wet. Wettability alteration of carbonate …

The design and development of chemical routes with fascinating physicochemical attributes
comprise a major field of research in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).'Dimerization'depicts a …

Improved oil recovery (IOR) includes enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and other technologies
(ie fracturing, water injection optimization, etc.), have become important methods to increase …