A holistic review of harsh conditions resistant surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in dense carbonate reservoir

A Sharifi, R Miri, M Riazi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy supply demand and no more change in the world oil reservoirs still nominate the
surfactant EOR (Enhance Oil Recovery) as a technically promising approach. Effective multi …

Comprehensive review on the role of surfactants in the chemical enhanced oil recovery process

S Chowdhury, S Shrivastava, A Kakati… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

A Literature Review of CO2, Natural Gas, and Water-Based Fluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Unconventional Reservoirs

LC Burrows, F Haeri, P Cvetic, S Sanguinito, F Shi… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Primary oil recovery from fractured unconventional formations, such as shale or tight sands,
is typically less than 10%. The development of an economically viable enhanced oil …

Wettability alteration and adsorption of mixed nonionic and anionic surfactants on carbonates

S Das, A Katiyar, N Rohilla, QP Nguyen… - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mixed-surfactant systems consisting of secondary alcohol ethoxylates and anionic
sulfonates are evaluated as wettability alteration agents for enhanced oil recovery. The …

Combination of a chemical blend with CO2 huff-n-puff for enhanced oil recovery in oil shales

T Zeng, CS Miller, KK Mohanty - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The oil recovery from extremely low permeability shale oil reservoirs by depressurization is
only about 7–10% of the original oil in place (OOIP). The objective of this work is to evaluate …

Wettability alternation and interface tension modification for enhanced oil recovery in oil-wet carbonates: a comparative study of different surfactants

JA Medina, EC Obasi, T Elshehabi, S Saraji - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the ever-growing demand for oil and gas today, and the increasing difficulty of
recovering hydrocarbons from carbonate reservoirs, it is vital to apply enhanced oil recovery …

Understanding the Dynamics of Matrix-Fracture Interaction: The First Step Toward Modeling Chemical EOR and Selecting Suitable Fracturing Fluid in Unconventional …

L Lin, T Babadagli, HA Li - SPE Journal, 2024 - onepetro.org
The effects of chemical additives on mitigating water blocking and improving oil recovery
were experimentally examined for gas-water and oil-water systems in spontaneous …

Experimental study on the EOR performance of imbibition and huff and puff in fractured tight oil reservoirs

Z Zhang, B Huang, L Zhang, G Zhou, Y Liu… - …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Injection of imbibition fluids or CO2 during hydraulic fracturing is an effective stimulation
method for tight oil reservoirs. Selecting appropriate agents is significant to optimize the …

Novel surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

S Chowdhury, S Srivastava, S Medhi… - Surfactants in Upstream …, 2021 - Springer
After the primary and secondary methods of hydrocarbon production, the reservoir depletes
and often relies on enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR, a tertiary method) to reduce the …

Enhancing Injectivity in Lithuanian Hydrocarbon Reservoirs through Wettability-Altering Surfactant Injection

SL Dangi, M Pal - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Improved and efficient recovery methods are investigated as possible candidates to arrest
the production decline and to improve the injection capacity in hydrocarbon fields in …