[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on the application of low salinity waterflooding and chemical enhanced oil recovery

A Gbadamosi, S Patil, D Al Shehri, MS Kamal… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is used to retrieve capillary trapped and bypassed oil in the
reservoir. Accordingly, laboratory and field applications of chemical EOR (CEOR) methods …

A review on retention of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A mechanistic insight

M Mushtaq, EW Al-Shalabi, W AlAmeri - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In mature reservoirs, over 60% of oil remains trapped after waterflooding and can only be
recovered using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods, including chemical EOR …

Static and dynamic adsorption of a gemini surfactant on a carbonate rock in the presence of low salinity water

S Kalam, SA Abu-Khamsin, AO Gbadamosi, S Patil… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) techniques, surfactants are extensively used for
enhancing oil recovery by reducing interfacial tension and/or modifying wettability. However …

Low salinity surfactant alternating gas/CO2 flooding for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

R Phukan, R Saha - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant alternating gas/CO 2 (SAG) flooding is a promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
technology, which has the potential to improve oil production beyond primary and secondary …

Experimental study on the performance of emulsions produced during ASP flooding

AB Laben, HHA Kayiem, MA Alameen, JA Khan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract ASP (Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer) flooding is one of the most promising techniques
that has proven to have successful application in several laboratory and pilot tests. However …

Static adsorption of a novel cationic gemini surfactant: A mineralogical study

S Kalam, SA Abu-Khamsin, S Patil… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants are deemed as an advantageous chemical in enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
because of their potential of lowering the interfacial tension and modifying the wettability …

Effect of CO2 Huff-n-Puff Mode with a Horizontal Well on Shale Oil Recovery: A Three-Dimensional Experimental Study

C Yao, J Zhao, Z Ji, M Cao, L Xu, Y Ma - Energy & fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
After conventional development, there is still a significant amount of residual oil as a result of
the poor porosity and permeability characteristics of shale reservoirs. Although CO2 flooding …

Understanding the factors affecting the adsorption of surface-active agents onto reservoir rock in chemical enhanced oil recovery applications: a comprehensive …

SEI Lebouachera, O Balamane-Zizi, A Boublia… - Chemistry Africa, 2024 - Springer
This comprehensive review delves into the recent advancements in the study of surfactant
adsorption, a crucial factor influencing the efficiency of chemical enhanced oil recovery …

The effect of the molecular structure of alkyl ether carboxylate surfactants on the oil–water interfacial tension

I Kopanichuk, A Scerbacova, A Ivanova… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkyl ether carboxylate surfactants at the alkane–water interface are explored experimentally
through interfacial tension measurements with the spinning drop method and molecular …

A lab-to-field approach and evaluation of low-salinity waterflooding process for high-temperature high-pressure carbonate reservoirs

HK Sarma, N Singh, AF Belhaj, AK Jain… - SPE Asia Pacific Oil …, 2022 - onepetro.org
Low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF) process has gained great attention over the years as a
promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method with its superior performance over high …