[HTML][HTML] A review of fluid displacement mechanisms in surfactant-based chemical enhanced oil recovery processes: Analyses of key influencing factors

A Bashir, AS Haddad, R Rafati - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant-based oil recovery processes are employed to lower the interfacial tension in
immiscible displacement processes, change the wettability of rock to a more water-wet …

Enhanced oil recovery from fractured carbonate reservoirs using nanoparticles with low salinity water and surfactant: A review on experimental and simulation studies

G Dordzie, M Dejam - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Nearly half of the world's oil reserves are found in carbonate reservoirs, which have
heterogeneous formation characteristics and are naturally fractured. Because of the …

Application of microfluidics in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A review

M Fani, P Pourafshary, P Mostaghimi, N Mosavat - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR), various chemicals such as polymer,
surfactant, alkaline, and nanoparticles are injected solely or in combination to mobilize the …

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 …

Surfactant flooding in oil-wet micromodels with high permeability fractures

L Mejia, M Tagavifar, K Xu, M Mejia, Y Du, M Balhoff - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Recovery in carbonate reservoirs is challenging because they are often oil wet and highly
fractured. Surfactant flooding has been proposed as a possible enhanced oil recovery …

Aqueous formate solution for enhanced water imbibition in oil recovery and carbon storage in carbonate reservoirs

H Wang, OP Oyenowo, R Okuno - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study of the injection of aqueous formate solution into
oil-wet carbonate porous media at different formate concentrations and acidity levels. The …

Experimental study on alternating injection of silica and zirconia nanoparticles with low salinity water and surfactant into fractured carbonate reservoirs for enhanced …

G Dordzie, M Dejam - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recently, the application of low salinity water (LSW), nanoparticles (NPs), and surfactants
(collectively abbreviated as LNS) in carbonate formations for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

Implementation of surfactant for alternating injection with low salinity water and γ-Alumina nanoparticles in fractured carbonate reservoirs: an experimental study

G Dordzie, M Dejam - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
The technique of sequentially injecting low salinity water (LSW), nanoparticles (NPs), and
surfactant (abbreviated collectively as LNS) into fractured carbonate reservoirs (FCRs) has …

Low tension gas flooding for secondary oil recovery in low-permeability, high-salinity reservoirs

A Das, N Nguyen, QP Nguyen - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Low Tension Gas (LTG) flooding has been established as a successful tertiary oil
recovery method for low-permeability carbonate reservoirs with high salinity and hard …

Experimental investigation of polyethylene oxide polymer solutions for enhanced oil recovery in low-permeability carbonate rocks

M Mejía, GA Pope, H Song, MT Balhoff - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
New experiments using polyethylene oxide (PEO) polymer were performed to evaluate its
potential for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications in low-permeability reservoirs. This is …