[HTML][HTML] The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a widespread interest in the different methods of chemical enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) as a result of the continuous decline in the conventional oil reserves and the …

[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 the role of surfactants in the chemical enhanced oil recovery process

S Chowdhury, S Shrivastava, A Kakati… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

Status and progress of worldwide EOR field applications

Z Liu, Y Liang, Q Wang, Y Guo, M Gao, Z Wang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, EOR has been an important research topic in oilfield development and has
made greater contribution to worldwide oil production. Whereas, a few of available statistical …

Oil recovery performance by surfactant flooding: a perspective on multiscale evaluation methods

K Al-Azani, S Abu-Khamsin, R Al-Abdrabalnabi… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemical-enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) is a class of techniques commonly used to extract
hydrocarbon fluids from reservoir rocks beyond conventional waterflooding. Surfactants are …

The comprehensive overview of large-volume surfactant slugs injection for enhancing oil recovery: Status and the Outlook

D Podoprigora, R Byazrov, J Sytnik - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Despite the development of alternative energy sources, oil and gas still remain the
predominant energy sources in most countries in the world. Due to gradual hydrocarbon …

Is chemical EOR finally coming of age?

E Delamaide - IOR 2021, 2021 - earthdoc.org
Chemical flooding is one of the classical EOR methods, together with thermal methods and
gas injection. It is not a new method; indeed, the first polymer flood field pilots date back to …

A review of polymer nanohybrids for oil recovery

LM Corredor, MM Husein, BB Maini - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
As oil fields go into their final stage of production, new technologies are necessary to sustain
production and increase the recovery of the hydrocarbon. Chemical injection is an …

Alkali/cosolvent/polymer flooding of high-TAN oil: using phase experiments, micromodels, and corefloods for injection-agent selection

B Schumi, T Clemens, J Wegner, L Ganzer… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2020 - onepetro.org
Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) leads to substantial incremental costs over
waterflooding of oil reservoirs. Reservoirs containing oil with a high total acid number (TAN) …

Introduction to chemical enhanced oil recovery

Y Ahmadi, M Mohammadi, M Sedighi - Chemical Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Vast amounts of oil and gas remain uncovered despite conventional methods such as
primary and secondary flooding. Chemical enhanced oil recovery (chemical EOR) is …