Surfactant induced reservoir wettability alteration: Recent theoretical and experimental advances in enhanced oil recovery

An Experimental Study of Surfactant Alternating CO2 Injection for Enhanced Oil Recovery of Carbonated Reservoir

Core flooding experiments were conducted with the objective of evaluating near miscible surfactant alternating CO2 injection and the effect of surfactant concentrations on gas-oil and water displacements in porous media. The core samples were provided from a low permeability mixed wet oil reservoir at 156 °F and 1900 psia. In addition, very few studies of surfactant adsorption on car...

an experimental study of surfactant alternating co2 injection for enhanced oil recovery of carbonated reservoir

core flooding experiments were conducted with the objective of evaluating near miscible surfactant alternating co2 injection and the effect of surfactant concentrations on gas-oil and water displacements in porous media. the core samples were provided from a low permeability mixed wet oil reservoir at 156 °f and 1900 psia. in addition, very few studies of surfactant adsorption on carbonate mine...

Chemical Induced Wettability Alteration of Carbonate Reservoir Rocks

Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery, Wettability Alteration and Interfacial Tension Reduction by an Efficient Bacterial Consortium, ERCPPI-2

In the present study, the potential of a bacterial consortium of Enterobacter cloacae and Pseudomonas sp. (ERCPPI-2) for microbial enhanced oil recovery was investigated. Various mechanisms of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) as a result of using ERCPPI-2 and its metabolic products were studied in detail. The obtained results showed that under simulated reservoir ...

Recovery of Oil in Limestone with Cationic Surfactant: Investigation of the Adsorption, Wettability, and Spontaneous Imbibition

The performance of petroleum recovery methods is dependent on the characteristics of the reservoir rock, oil quality, and formation water. One fundamental feature for considering petroleum recovery methods is the wettability of the rock reservoir. Also, this feature impacts the displacement of fluids in the rock reservior. In the case of the limestone, which normally features oil wettability, e...