Laboratory investigation of oil recovery by CO2 foam in a fractured carbonate reservoir using CO2-Soluble surfactants

G Ren, QP Nguyen, HC Lau - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Miscible CO2 flooding has been used as an EOR method for carbonate reservoirs which
hold around 60% of the world's oil reserves. However, natural fractures, unfavorable mobility …

Performance of ASP compound systems and effects on flooding efficiency

J Li, L Niu, X Lu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Based on practical needs of oil fields, the viscosity, interfacial tension, static absorption,
phase behaviors, molecular clew dimension (D h), molecular configuration and flooding …

Understanding aqueous foam with novel CO2-soluble surfactants for controlling CO2 vertical sweep in sandstone reservoirs

G Ren, QP Nguyen - Petroleum Science, 2017 - Springer
The ability of a novel nonionic CO 2-soluble surfactant to propagate foam in porous media
was compared with that of a conventional anionic surfactant (aqueous soluble only) through …

CO2 mobility control using CO2 philic surfactant for enhanced oil recovery

M Sagir, IM Tan, M Mushtaq, M Pervaiz… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2016 - Springer
CO 2 enhanced oil recovery by using newly synthesized CO 2 philic surfactant as CO 2
mobility control agent is reported. Nonyl phenol ethoxylate sulphonate (NPES) was …

Assess the potentials of CO2 soluble surfactant when applying supercritical CO2 foam. Part I: Effects of dual phase partition

G Ren - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Supercritical CO 2 (ScCO 2) foam could benefit both industry revenue generation
through EOR and climate control with CO 2 storage/utilization. Relative to aqueous soluble …

Experimental study on formation characteristics of carbon dioxide hydrate in frozen porous media

X Zhang, J Li, J Wang, Q Wu, Y Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Gas hydrate-based technology is a promising method for solidifying and sequestrating of
CO2 gas into stratum sediments to reduce anthropogenic CO2 emissions and realize the …

CO2 foam for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications using low adsorption surfactant structure

M Sagir, M Mushtaq, MB Tahir, MS Tahir… - Arabian Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The ability of surfactants to interact with CO 2 is essential if the CO 2 foam is intended to
augment a water flooding process as a method to displace oil from a reservoir. Apart from …

Numerical investigations of key aspects influencing CO2 foam performance in fractured carbonate system using CO2 soluble surfactants

G Ren, W Yu - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2019 - Elsevier
Experimental studies have showed that CO 2 soluble surfactants were more effective than
aqueous soluble surfactant as supercritical CO 2 foaming agent in fractured carbonate …

FAWAG Using CO2 Philic Surfactants for CO2 Mobility Control for Enhanced Oil Recovery Applications

M Sagir, IM Tan, M Mushtaq… - SPE Kingdom of Saudi …, 2014 - onepetro.org
The application of CO2 injection for mobilization of trapped oil in porous media is the most
frequently applied method for EOR projects. Despite of the fact that the CO2 injection can …

Experimental investigation of surfactant-stabilized foam stability in the presence of light oil

W Pu, R Jiang, S Pang, T Qiu, Z Sun… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The foam plays an important role in EOR application, while crude oil properties significantly
affect foam behavior. In this study we compare the performance of foam generated by two …