The formation, stability, and performance of oil-in-water emulsions may be improved by
using combinations of two or more different emulsifiers, rather than an individual type. This …

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes have a great potential to maximize oil recovery
factor of the existing reservoirs, where a significant volume of the unrecovered oil after …

Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces Comprehensive textbook on the interdisciplinary field of
interface science, fully updated with new content on wetting, spectroscopy, and coatings …

Surfactant 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 …

With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

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 …

The progresses of understanding of the surfactant adsorption at the hydrophilic solid–liquid
interface from extensive experimental studies are reviewed here. In this respect the kinetic …

The newest results concerning the biological activity and environmental fate of anionic
surfactants are collected and critically evaluated. The chemical and physicochemical …

Adsorption of surfactants onto reservoir rock surface may result in the loss and reduction of
their concentrations in surfactant flooding, which may render them less efficient or ineffective …

Surfactants play a vital role in chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). The amount of
surfactant loss caused by retention during flooding through reservoir rock is still a challenge …