New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential
We investigate four different types of surfactants for effectiveness in tertiary oil recovery (TOR). The selected surfactant formulations were tested for enhanced oil recovery using coreflood tests on Berea sandstones. In addition to the corefloods, one sandpack surfactant flood was performed. The p...
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| author | Iglauer, Stefan Wu, Y. Shuler, P. Tang, Y. Goddard, W. |
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| description | We investigate four different types of surfactants for effectiveness in tertiary oil recovery (TOR). The selected surfactant formulations were tested for enhanced oil recovery using coreflood tests on Berea sandstones. In addition to the corefloods, one sandpack surfactant flood was performed. The porous media were conditioned to residual waterflood oil saturation prior to surfactant slug injection. This was followed by polymer drive slug injection, and incremental oil recovery was measured against time.The tested formulations were selected after an extensive research effort including measuring interfacial tensions (IFT) and adsorption behavior on kaolinite clay. Effective were low 1-naphthol concentrations dissolved in 1-butanol in alkyl polyglycoside surfactant formulations which led to significant additional incremental oil recovery (40% TOR) due to dramatic reductions in IFT. Three other types of surfactants in this study include: a di-tridecyl sulfosuccinic acid ester, coconut diethanolamide, and alkylpropoxy sulfate sodium salts which led to TOR of 15%, 75% and 35–50%, respectively. These results indicate that a wide variety of surfactants can meet the technical requirements as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agents. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-416172017-09-13T16:00:27Z New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential Iglauer, Stefan Wu, Y. Shuler, P. Tang, Y. Goddard, W. ultra-low interfacial tension sorbitan ester alkyl polyglycoside surfactant flood enhanced oil recovery propoxylated alcohols succinic acid esters chemical flood coconut diethanolamide We investigate four different types of surfactants for effectiveness in tertiary oil recovery (TOR). The selected surfactant formulations were tested for enhanced oil recovery using coreflood tests on Berea sandstones. In addition to the corefloods, one sandpack surfactant flood was performed. The porous media were conditioned to residual waterflood oil saturation prior to surfactant slug injection. This was followed by polymer drive slug injection, and incremental oil recovery was measured against time.The tested formulations were selected after an extensive research effort including measuring interfacial tensions (IFT) and adsorption behavior on kaolinite clay. Effective were low 1-naphthol concentrations dissolved in 1-butanol in alkyl polyglycoside surfactant formulations which led to significant additional incremental oil recovery (40% TOR) due to dramatic reductions in IFT. Three other types of surfactants in this study include: a di-tridecyl sulfosuccinic acid ester, coconut diethanolamide, and alkylpropoxy sulfate sodium salts which led to TOR of 15%, 75% and 35–50%, respectively. These results indicate that a wide variety of surfactants can meet the technical requirements as enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agents. 2010 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41617 10.1016/j.petrol.2009.12.009 Elsevier BV restricted |
| spellingShingle | ultra-low interfacial tension sorbitan ester alkyl polyglycoside surfactant flood enhanced oil recovery propoxylated alcohols succinic acid esters chemical flood coconut diethanolamide Iglauer, Stefan Wu, Y. Shuler, P. Tang, Y. Goddard, W. New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title | New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title_full | New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title_fullStr | New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title_full_unstemmed | New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title_short | New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| title_sort | new surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential |
| topic | ultra-low interfacial tension sorbitan ester alkyl polyglycoside surfactant flood enhanced oil recovery propoxylated alcohols succinic acid esters chemical flood coconut diethanolamide |
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