An attractive alternative to mitigate the adverse effects of conventional water-based fluids on
the efficiency of hydraulic fracturing is to inject foam-based fracking fluids into reservoirs …

Due to the constraint of fresh water, the reuse of flowback and produced water (FPW) with
high TDS, is critical to minimize the environmental impact of oil/gas exploration. The …

A viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fluid is an important part of a water-based fracturing fluid. As
oil and gas exploration expands into deep, high-temperature, low-permeability reservoirs …

Surfactants increase the capillary number and resultantly pore-scale displacement efficiency
by lowering interfacial tension (IFT) and changing wettability of the rock. However …

Surfactants are commonly used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications in carbonate
hydrocarbon reservoirs due to their ability to reduce oil/water interfacial tension (IFT) and/or …

Hypothesis Ultra-long tailed zwitterionic surfactants often form aqueous wormlike elastic
micelles, whereas the shorter ones mainly exhibit spherical viscous micelles. Anionic …

Ionic liquids (ILs) are environmentally friendly compounds and their gemini types exhibit
high thermal stabilities and high surface and interfacial activity. The main objective of this …

The viscoelasticity and microstructural behaviors of wormlike micelles (WLMs) solutions
induced by different organic salts are interesting. However, the influence of different …

Viscosity modifying agents are one of the most critical components of hydraulic fracturing
fluids, ensuring the efficient transport and deposition of proppant into fissures. To improve …

Ionic alkoxy-based surfactants recently attract more attentions because they possess
advantages of both nonionic and anionic surfactants, and surfactant structure is the key …