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AuthorKamal, Muhammad Shahzad
AuthorHussein, Ibnelwaleed A.
AuthorSultan, Abdullah S.
Available date2020-12-02T07:03:52Z
Publication Date2017
Publication NameEnergy and Fuels
ResourceScopus
ISSN8870624
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b00353
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/17166
AbstractSurfactant flooding is an important technique used in enhanced oil recovery to reduce the amount of oil in pore space of matrix rock. Surfactants are injected to mobilize residual oil by lowering the interfacial tension between oil and water and/or by the wettability alteration from oil-wet to water-wet. A large number of cationic, anionic, non-ionic, and amphoteric surfactants have been investigated on a laboratory scale under different conditions of temperature and salinity. Selection of the appropriate surfactant is a challenging task, and surfactants have to be evaluated by a series of screening techniques. Different types of surfactants along with their limitations are reviewed with particular emphasis on the phase behavior, adsorption, interfacial tension, and structure-property relationship. Factors affecting the phase behavior, interfacial tension, and wettability alteration are also discussed. Field applications of surfactants for chemical enhanced oil recovery in carbonate and sandstone reservoirs are also reviewed. Finally, some recent trends and future challenges in surfactant enhanced oil recovery are outlined. Field studies show that most of the surfactant flooding has been conducted in low-temperature and low-salinity sandstone reservoirs. However, high-temperature and high-salinity carbonate reservoirs are still challenging for implementation of surfactant flooding. 2017 American Chemical Society.
SponsorThis research is supported by Saudi Aramco through Project No. CPM 2297. We thank the Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) for supporting this research.
Languageen
PublisherAmerican Chemical Society
SubjectEnhanced Oil Recovery
Earth Orbital Rendezvous
Microemulsions
TitleReview on Surfactant Flooding: Phase Behavior, Retention, IFT, and Field Applications
TypeArticle Review
Pagination7701-7720
Issue Number8
Volume Number31
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