[HTML][HTML] The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a widespread interest in the different methods of chemical enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) as a result of the continuous decline in the conventional oil reserves and the …

[HTML][HTML] Surfactants employed in conventional and unconventional reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery—A review

OT Isaac, H Pu, BA Oni, FA Samson - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continuous depletion of crude oils in the reserves, and continuous rise in energy
demand, there is currently a widespread interest in various methods of chemical enhanced …

A critical review on selection of microemulsions or nanoemulsions for enhanced oil recovery

J Mariyate, A Bera - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review, an attempt has been taken to show the preferential selection criteria of
microemulsions and nanoemulsions for applications in enhanced oil recovery. This paper …

Experimental study on the performance of emulsions produced during ASP flooding

AB Laben, HHA Kayiem, MA Alameen, JA Khan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract ASP (Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer) flooding is one of the most promising techniques
that has proven to have successful application in several laboratory and pilot tests. However …

Recent developments on surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

X Han, M Lu, Y Fan, Y Li, K Holmberg - Tenside Surfactants …, 2021 - degruyter.com
This review discusses surfactants used for chemical flooding, including surfactant-polymer
flooding and alkali-surfactant-polymer flooding. The review, unlike most previous reviews in …

Study of single-phase polymer-alkaline-microemulsion flooding for enhancing oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

TN de Castro Dantas, FF Viana, TTC de Souza… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery methods (EOR) are designed to increase reservoir productivity by
facilitating oil displacement in the porous media. Due to its physicochemical properties …

Design and performance evaluation of alkaline-surfactant-polymer slug of a natural surfactant of fenugreek in saline media for foaming/emulsification applications

A Singh, T Sharma - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing demands of oil energy has created burden on conventional oil recovery
methods because of which use of synthetic chemicals is increasing and creating significant …

Effect of oil reactivity on salinity profile design during alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding

X Han, I Kurnia, Z Chen, J Yu, G Zhang - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
This study focused on the influence of oil reactivity (ability to react with alkali to generate in
situ surfactants) on salinity profile design during alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding …

Performance of ASP compound systems and effects on flooding efficiency

J Li, L Niu, X Lu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on practical needs of oil fields, the viscosity, interfacial tension, static absorption,
phase behaviors, molecular clew dimension (D h), molecular configuration and flooding …

Advancing foam EOR: A comprehensive Examination of key parameters and mechanisms from surfactants to nanoparticles

NR Dadi, NK Maurya, P Gupta - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
Different enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been implemented in oil fields over the
past decades. Gas flooding is widely used, but its effectiveness is hindered by mobility …