The design and development of chemical routes with fascinating physicochemical attributes
comprise a major field of research in enhanced oil recovery (EOR).'Dimerization'depicts a …

The use of surfactants in polymerization reactions is particularly important, mainly in
emulsion polymerizations. Further, micelles from biocompatible surfactants find use in …

The need to reduce surfactant adsorption on rock surfaces has been a difficult task in
chemical enhanced oil recovery, as it directly impacts the economics of the project. This …

Viscoelastic surfactants (VES) are amphiphilic molecules which self-assemble into long
polymer-like aggregates—wormlike micelles. Such micellar chains form an entangled …

Novel amide Gemini surfactants were synthesized from aliphatic acid amide propyl
dimethylamine (PKO-12, 16, 18) and trans-1, 4-dibromo-2-butene with one-step reaction …

The effect of clay particles on reservoir performance and nearby formations depends on its
swelling properties, cation exchange capacity, and morphology. In this study, a novel …

Surfactant flooding is an enhanced oil recovery method that recovers residual and capillary
trapped oil by improving pore-scale displacement efficiency. Low retention of injected …

Upstream crude oil production equipment is always exposed to destruction damagingly
which is caused by sulfate-reducing bacterium (SRB) activities that produce H2S gas, which …

Three gemini non-ionic surfactant-based polyethylene oxide with variable hydrophobic tails;
8 carbons (GPEOC), 12 carbons (GPEOL), and 16 carbons (GPEOP) have been synthesized …

During well completion operations, the wells are killed with specific fluids to control the well.
These fluids can invade and damage the formation because of fluid/rock interactions. Fluids …