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dc.contributor.authorIglauer, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorWu, Y.
dc.contributor.authorShuler, P.
dc.contributor.authorTang, Y.
dc.contributor.authorGoddard, W.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:53:36Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:53:36Z
dc.date.created2011-06-19T20:02:20Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationIglauer, Stefan and Wu, Yongfu and Shuler, Patrick and Tang, Yongchun and Goddard III, William A. 2010. New surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering. 71 (1-2): pp. 23-29.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41617
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.petrol.2009.12.009
dc.description.abstract

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.

dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectultra-low interfacial tension
dc.subjectsorbitan ester
dc.subjectalkyl polyglycoside
dc.subjectsurfactant flood
dc.subjectenhanced oil recovery
dc.subjectpropoxylated alcohols
dc.subjectsuccinic acid esters
dc.subjectchemical flood
dc.subjectcoconut diethanolamide
dc.titleNew surfactant classes for enhanced oil recovery and their tertiary oil recovery potential
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume71
dcterms.source.startPage23
dcterms.source.endPage29
dcterms.source.issn09204105
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
curtin.departmentDepartment of Petroleum Engineering
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