Emulsified acid systems for oil well stimulation: A review

AA Adewunmi, T Solling, AS Sultan, T Saikia - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review discusses the application of emulsified acids for oil well stimulation. Types of oil,
aqueous solutions, and emulsifiers are discussed in detail along with the solid agents and …

Magnetic surfactants: A review of recent progress in synthesis and applications

F Shehzad, SMS Hussain, AA Adewunmi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic surfactants are a special class of surfactants with magneto-responsive properties.
These surfactants possess lower critical micelle concentrations and are more effective in …

Modeling and analysis of carbonate matrix acidizing using a new two-scale continuum model

C Jia, K Sepehrnoori, Z Huang, J Yao - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Matrix acidizing is a common technique for carbonate reservoir stimulation. In this work, a
new two-scale continuum model is developed to study the 2D acidizing process. The Navier …

Numerical studies and analysis on reactive flow in carbonate matrix acidizing

C Jia, K Sepehrnoori, Z Huang, H Zhang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Matrix acidizing is a stimulation technique to improve oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs. In
this work, a new two-scale continuum model is used to study acidizing process in radial flow …

A low-viscosity retarded acid system for stimulation of high-temperature deep wells

M Sayed, AJ Cairns, BS Aldakkan… - Offshore Technology …, 2018 - onepetro.org
To enhance the efficiency of acid stimulation treatments in high-temperature carbonate
reservoirs, the industry requires a superior retarded acid system that inherently displays high …

Experimental study on the autogenic acid fluid system of a high-temperature carbonate reservoir by acid fracturing

J Du, G Guo, P Liu, G Xiong, P Chen, JM Liu… - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
As an important part of the acid fracturing process of carbonate reservoir, the performance of
acid fracturing working fluid directly affects the stimulation effect of oil wells. In this paper …

Targeting enhanced production through deep carbonate stimulation: Stabilized acid emulsions

AJ Cairns, GA Al-Muntasheri, M Sayed, L Fu… - … and Exhibition on …, 2016 - onepetro.org
To meet rising global demands for energy, the oil and gas industry continuously strives to
develop innovative oilfield technologies. A large portion of the world's oil and gas reserves …

Application of nonionic surfactant nonylphenol to control acid stimulation in carbonate matrix

MAF Rodrigues, GM Arruda, DC da Silva… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges of the acid stimulation process in carbonate matrix is the
formation of a dominant pattern wormhole, which is generally not obtained with the …

Low Viscosity Acid Platform: Benchmark Study Reveals Superior Reaction Kinetics at Reservoir Conditions

M Sayed, AJ Cairns, Q Sahu - International Petroleum Technology …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Stimulation of carbonate reservoirs using suitable acid systems is common practice to
alleviate damage caused by the drilling and completion operations and to increase …

Novel non-aromatic non-ionic surfactants to target deep carbonate stimulation

K Sokhanvarian, C Stanciu, JM Fernandez… - … Conference on Oilfield …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Matrix acidizing is used for permeability and productivity enhancement purposes in oil and
gas wells. Hydrochloric acid has been always a first choice due to so many advantages that …