[HTML][HTML] Surfactants employed in conventional and unconventional reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery—A review

OT Isaac, H Pu, BA Oni, FA Samson - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continuous depletion of crude oils in the reserves, and continuous rise in energy
demand, there is currently a widespread interest in various methods of chemical enhanced …

Comprehensive review on surfactant adsorption on mineral surfaces in chemical enhanced oil recovery

Z Liu, G Zhao, M Brewer, Q Lv, EJR Sudhölter - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the increasing demand for efficient extraction of residual oil, enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) offers prospects for producing more reservoirs' original oil in place. As one of the most …

Analysis of CO2 effects on porosity and permeability of shale reservoirs under different water content conditions

J Tao, S Meng, D Li, Z Rui, H Liu, J Xu - Geoenergy Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 technology has been the key technology to enhance oil and gas recovery for shale oil
and gas reservoir development. After injection, CO 2 can react with water and generate …

Mechanisms of imbibition enhanced oil recovery in low permeability reservoirs: Effect of IFT reduction and wettability alteration

D Xu, B Bai, H Wu, J Hou, Z Meng, R Sun, Z Li, Y Lu… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Imbibition has been proposed as an important means by which to recover oil from low
permeability reservoirs. However, the mechanism of imbibition enhanced oil recovery …

A holistic review of harsh conditions resistant surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in dense carbonate reservoir

A Sharifi, R Miri, M Riazi - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy supply demand and no more change in the world oil reservoirs still nominate the
surfactant EOR (Enhance Oil Recovery) as a technically promising approach. Effective multi …

[HTML][HTML] Application of surfactants in enhancing oil recovery from tight carbonates: Physicochemical properties and core flooding experiments

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactant formulations are optimized according to reservoir conditions to ensure their
efficiency in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). This experimental study aimed to examine the …

The impact of surfactant imbibition and adsorption for improving oil recovery in the Wolfcamp and Eagle Ford Reservoirs

JO Alvarez, IW Saputra, DS Schechter - Spe Journal, 2018 - onepetro.org
Improving oil recovery from unconventional liquid reservoirs (ULRs) is a major challenge,
and knowledge of recovery mechanisms and the interaction of completion-fluid additives …

A systematic research on spontaneous imbibition of surfactant solutions for low permeability sandstone reservoirs

D Xu, Z Li, B Bai, X Chen, H Wu, J Hou… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactants, which possess ability to alter rock surface wettability and reduce interfacial
tension (IFT), are effective additives for imbibition enhanced oil recovery (IEOR) in low …

Nano-scale experimental investigation of in-situ wettability and spontaneous imbibition in ultra-tight reservoir rocks

M Akbarabadi, S Saraji, M Piri, D Georgi… - Advances in Water …, 2017 - Elsevier
We investigated spontaneous imbibition behavior, three-dimensional fluid occupancy maps,
and in-situ wettability at the nano scale in five ultra-tight and shale reservoir rock samples …

Surfactant-EOR in tight oil reservoirs: Current status and a systematic surfactant screening method with field experiments

T Liang, X Zhao, S Yuan, J Zhu, X Liang, X Li… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Tight oil reservoirs typically have an estimated ultimate recovery of less than 10% after
hydraulic fracturing, where enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique is needed. Comparing to …