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Ngouangna E, Jaafar MZ, Norddin M, Agi A, Yakasai F, Oseh JO, Mamah SC, Yahya MN, Al-Ani M. Effect of Salinity on Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Mechanistic Study. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:17819-17833. [PMID: 37251146 PMCID: PMC10210169 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c00695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
Fluid-fluid interactions can affect any enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method, including nanofluid (NF) brine-water flooding. Flooding with NFs changes wettability and lowers oil-water interfacial tension (IFT). Preparation and modification affect the nanoparticle (NP) performance. Hydroxyapatite (HAP) NPs in EOR are yet to be properly verified. HAP was synthesized in this study using co-precipitation and in situ surface functionalization with sodium dodecyl sulfate in order to investigate its impact on EOR processes at high temperatures and different salinities. The following techniques were employed, in that sequence, to verify its synthesis: transmission electron microscopy, zeta potential, thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, particle size analysis, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectra. The outcomes showed the production of HAP, with the particles being evenly dispersed and stable in aqueous solution. The particles' surface charge increased from -5 to -27 mV when the pH was changed from 1 to 13. The HAP NFs at 0.1 wt % altered the wettability of sandstone core plugs from oil-wet at 111.7 to water-wet at 9.0 contact angles at salinity ranges of 5000 ppm to 30,000 ppm. Additionally, the IFT was reduced to 3 mN/m HAP with an incremental oil recovery of 17.9% of the initial oil in place. The HAP NF thus demonstrated excellent effectiveness in EOR through IFT reduction, wettability change, and oil displacement in both low and high salinity conditions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eugene
N. Ngouangna
- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
- Institute
for Oil and Gas (IFOG), Universiti Technology
Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
- Institute
for Oil and Gas (IFOG), Universiti Technology
Malaysia, 81310 Johor Bahru, Malaysia
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- Faculty
of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, University Malaysia Pahang, Kuantan, Pahang 68145, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
- Department
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri 460083, Imo State, Nigeria
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- Advanced
Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), School of Chemical and
Energy Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai 81310, Johor, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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- Departmentii
of Petroleum Engineering, School of Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi
Malaysia, Johor
Bahru 81310, Malaysia
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Wang B, Wang S, Yan H, Bai Y, She Y, Zhang F. Synthesis and Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential of the Bio-Nano-Oil Displacement System. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:17122-17133. [PMID: 37214730 PMCID: PMC10193539 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c01447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
Nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted great attention in the tertiary oil recovery process due to their unique properties. As an economical and efficient green synthesis method, biosynthesized nanoparticles have the advantages of low toxicity, fast preparation, and high yield. In this study, with the theme of biotechnology, for the first time, the bio-nanoparticles reduced by iron-reducing bacteria were compounded with the biosurfactant produced by Bacillus to form a stable bio-nano flooding system, revealing the oil flooding mechanism and enhanced oil recovery (EOR) potential of the bio-nano flooding system. The interfacial properties of the bio-nano-oil displacement system were studied by interfacial tension and wettability change experiments. The enhanced oil recovery potential of the bio-nano-oil displacement agent was measured by microscopic oil displacement experiments and core flooding experiments. The bio-nano-oil displacement system with different nanoparticle concentrations can form a stable dispersion system. The oil-water interfacial tension and contact angle decreased with the increase in concentration of the bio-nano flooding system, which also has a high salt tolerance. Microscopic oil displacement experiments proved the efficient oil displacement of the bio-nano-oil displacement system and revealed its main oil displacement mechanism. The effects of concentration and temperature on the recovery of the nano-biological flooding system were investigated by core displacement experiments. The results showed that the recovery rate increased from 4.53 to 15.26% with the increase of the concentration of the system. The optimum experimental temperature was 60 °C, and the maximum recovery rate was 15.63%.
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- Bo Wang
- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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- College
of Petroleum Engineering, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
- Hubei
Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
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- School
of Energy Resources, China University of
Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
- Hubei
Cooperative Innovation Center of Unconventional Oil and Gas, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei 430100, China
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Interfacial and rheological properties of long-lived foams stabilized by rice proteins complexed to transition metal ions in the presence of alkyl polyglycoside. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:645-657. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Sun N, Yao X, Xu Z, Li J, Yang N, Lyu D, Zhao G, Dai C. Janus Nanographene Oxide with Aerophilic/Hydrophilic Characteristics for Enhancing Foam Stability in High-Temperature Reservoirs. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Stability mechanisms of viscoelastic zwitterionic-anionic surfactants enhanced foam system for low-permeability reservoirs. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yu X, Qiu K, Yu X, Li Q, Zong R, Lu S. Stability and thinning behaviour of aqueous foam films containing fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Xie D, Jiang Y, Song B, Yang X. Switchable Pickering foams stabilized by mesoporous nanosilica hydrophobized in situ with a Gemini surfactant. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yu X, Miao X, Li H, Qiu K, Zong R, Li Q. Influence of seawater on interfacial Properties, foam performance and aggregation behaviour of Fluorocarbon/Hydrocarbon surfactant mixtures. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Surface modification of nanoparticles to improve oil recovery Mechanisms: A critical review of the methods, influencing Parameters, advances and prospects. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Liu X, Chen Z, Cui Z. Foaming systems for foam flooding with both high foaming performance and ultralow oil/water interfacial tension. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Kesarwani H, Srivastava V, Mandal A, Sharma S, Choubey AK. Application of α-MnO 2 nanoparticles for residual oil mobilization through surfactant polymer flooding. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 29:44255-44270. [PMID: 35132514 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-19009-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Injection of surfactant and polymer slug is among the most effective chemical enhanced oil recovery processes. The only problem encountered with the surfactant polymer (SP) flooding is the loss of surface-active agents that reduce the efficiency of surfactants in the chemical slug. Various attempts to modify SP flooding have been made previously so that the surfactant loss due to adsorption could be reduced. Nanoparticles (NPs) are one of the most effective ways of reducing surfactant adsorption as surfactant particles are held in the liquid phase by nanoparticles, resulting in lower surfactant losses due to adsorption. However, the high cost of the NPs limits their use on the field scale. To encounter this problem, the present study focuses on the application of the manganese dioxide NPs, synthesized through a green route that is economically viable. These NPs are found to be cost-effective as compared to commercially available NPs as well as the synthesis of these NPs does not require the use of toxic chemicals. The 1000 ppm NPs effectively reduced the surfactant adsorption by 46%. The surface tension was lowered from 29.4 to 26.1 mN/m when 1000 ppm NPs were applied to 2500 ppm surfactant solution. Also, the nanoparticles were found to increase the viscosity of the chemical slug by increasing the solid particles present in the slug. The sand pack flooding experiments were carried out to assess the crude oil mobilization ability of the NPs assisted SP flooding. The oil recovery was found to increase from 5% of the original oil in place, resulting in ~ 75% of the crude oil recovery, which was only ~ 70% when NPs were not introduced into the system.
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- Himanshu Kesarwani
- Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geo Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, 229304, India
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- Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, 229304, India
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- Enhanced Oil Recovery Laboratory, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, 826004, India.
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering and Geo Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, 229304, India.
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- Department of Basic Science and Humanities, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, 229304, India
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Yu K, Zhang H, Wang Z, Zhang W, Xu H, Chen Y, Li H, Li B, Wang J. Shell-to-core ratio dependence on modulating interactions between core-shell composite nanoparticles at an air-aqueous interface. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Highly stable fluorine-free foam by synergistically combining hydrolyzed rice protein and ferrous sulfate. Chem Eng Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.117378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Li X, Yue X, Zou J, Yan R. Effect of in-situ emulsification of surfactant on the enhanced oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zhao M, Cheng Y, Wu Y, Dai C, Gao M, Yan R, Guo X. Enhanced oil recovery mechanism by surfactant-silica nanoparticles imbibition in ultra-low permeability reservoirs. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tang H, Song J, Zha M, He J, Yan Z. Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the
Structure–Activity
Relationship between the Gemini Surfactant and Foam Properties. AIChE J 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Haifeng Tang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
- Co‐Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio‐industry Technology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Bioresources and Environment/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
- Co‐Innovation Center of Jiangsu Marine Bio‐industry Technology Jiangsu Ocean University Lianyungang China
- School of Petroleum Engineering China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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Kesarwani H, Khan F, Tandon A, Azin R, Osfouri S, Sharma S. Performance Improvement of the Surfactant Polymer Flooding Using Bio Synthesized Calcium Carbonate Nanoparticles: An Experimental Approach. ARABIAN JOURNAL FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13369-022-06571-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Yu X, Li F, Wang J, Lin Y, Zong R, Lu S. Effects of Fe (II) on stability of aqueous foam prepared by hydrolyzed rice protein in the presence of oil. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Jiang F, Chen Y, Ye Z, Pang S, Xu B. Efficient synthesis of POSS based amphiphilic nanoparticles via thiol-ene "click" reaction to improve foam stability. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Liu K, Du H, Liu W, Liu H, Zhang M, Xu T, Si C. Cellulose Nanomaterials for Oil Exploration Applications. POLYM REV 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/15583724.2021.2007121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kun Liu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
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Feng J, Yan Z, Song J, He J, Zhao G, Fan H. Study on the structure-activity relationship between the molecular structure of sulfate gemini surfactant and surface activity, thermodynamic properties and foam properties. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zhao G, Wang X, Dai C, Sun N, Liang L, Yang N, Li J. Investigation of a novel enhanced stabilized foam: Nano-graphite stabilized foam. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Kumar RS, Sinha A, Sharma H, Sharma T. High performance carbon dioxide foams of nanocomposites of binary colloids for effective carbon utilization in enhanced oil recovery applications. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Jia H, Dai J, Wang T, Xu Y, Zhang L, Wang J, Song L, Lv K, Liu D, Huang P. The construction of pseudo-Janus silica/surfactant assembly and their application to stabilize Pickering emulsions and enhance oil recovery. Front Chem Sci Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11705-021-2095-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Structural aspects, mechanisms and emerging prospects of Gemini surfactant-based alternative Enhanced Oil Recovery technology: A review. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Yekeen N, Xin Kun T, Al-Yaseri A, Sagala F, Kamal Idris A. Influence of critical parameters on nanoparticles-surfactant stabilized CO2 foam stability at sub-critical and supercritical conditions. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Aqueous foams and emulsions stabilized by mixtures of silica nanoparticles and surfactants: A state-of-the-art review. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL ADVANCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Kesarwani H, Sharma S, Mandal A. Application of Novel Colloidal Silica Nanoparticles in the Reduction of Adsorption of Surfactant and Improvement of Oil Recovery Using Surfactant Polymer Flooding. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:11327-11339. [PMID: 34056288 PMCID: PMC8153905 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Surfactant polymer flooding is one of the most common chemical enhanced oil recovery techniques, which improves not only the microscopic displacement of the fluid through the formation of the emulsion but also the volumetric sweep efficiency of the fluid by altering the viscosity of the displacing fluid. However, one constraint of surfactant flooding is the loss of the surfactant by adsorption onto the reservoir rock surface. Hence, in this study, an attempt has been made to reduce the adsorption of the surfactant on the rock surface using novel colloidal silica nanoparticles (CSNs). CSNs were used as an additive to improve the performance of the conventional surfactant polymer flooding. The reduction in adsorption was observed in both the presence and absence of a polymer. The presence of a polymer also reduced the adsorption of the surfactant. Addition of 25 vol % CSNs effectively reduced the adsorption of up to 61% in the absence of a polymer, which increased to 64% upon the introduction of 1000 ppm polymer in the solution at 2500 ppm of the surfactant concentration at 25 °C. The adsorption of surfactant was also monitored with time, and it was found to be increasing with respect to time. The adsorption of surfactant increased from 1.292 mg/g after 0.5 days to 4.179 mg/g after 4 days at 2500 ppm of surfactant concentration at 25 °C. The viscosity, surface tension, and wettability studies were also conducted on the chemical slug used for flooding. The addition of CSNs effectively reduced the surface tension as well as shifted the wettability toward water-wet at 25 °C. Sand pack flooding experiments were performed at 60 °C to access the potential of CSNs in oil recovery, and it was found that the addition of 25 vol % CSNs in the conventional surfactant polymer chemical slug aided in the additional oil recovery up to 5% as compared to that of the conventional surfactant polymer slug.
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- Himanshu Kesarwani
- Department
of Petroleum Engineering and Geological Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais 229304, India
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- Department
of Petroleum Engineering and Geological Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais 229304, India
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- Department
of Petroleum Engineering Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Enhanced Oil Recovery Laboratory, Dhanbad 826004, India
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Banerjee T, Samanta A. Chemical computational approaches for optimization of effective surfactants in enhanced oil recovery. PHYSICAL SCIENCES REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/psr-2020-0098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The surfactant flooding becomes an attractive method among several Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) processes to improve the recovery of residual oil left behind in the reservoir after secondary oil recovery process. The designing of a new effective surfactant is a comparatively complex and often time consuming process as well as cost-effective due to its dependency on the crude oil and reservoir properties. An alternative chemical computational approach is focused in this article to optimize the performance of effective surfactant system for EOR. The molecular dynamics (MD), dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) and density functional theory (DFT) simulations are mostly used chemical computational approaches to study the behaviour in multiple phase systems like surfactant/oil/brine. This article highlighted a review on the impact of surfactant head group structure on oil/water interfacial property like interfacial tensions, interface formation energy, interfacial thickness by MD simulation. The effect of entropy in micelle formation has also discussed through MD simulation. The polarity, dipole moment, charge distribution and molecular structure optimization have been illustrated by DFT. A relatively new coarse-grained method, DPD is also emphasized the phase behaviour of surfactant/oil/brine as well as polymer-surfactant complex system.
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- Tandrima Banerjee
- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , West Bengal 741246 , India
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , The Neotia University , Sarisha , West Bengal 743368 , India
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Jia Y, Guo X, Jia L, Zhao Z, Yang R, Zhang Y, Sun H. Novel asymmetrical bis-surfactants with naphthalene and two amide groups: Synthesis, foamability and foam stability. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Shayan Nasr M, Esmaeilnezhad E, Choi HJ. Effect of silicon-based nanoparticles on enhanced oil recovery: Review. J Taiwan Inst Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtice.2021.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Esfandiarian A, Azdarpour A, Santos RM, Mohammadian E, Hamidi H, Sedaghat M, Dehkordi PB. Mechanistic Investigation of LSW/Surfactant/Alkali Synergism for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Fluid-Fluid Interactions. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:30059-30072. [PMID: 33251441 PMCID: PMC7689896 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c04464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The combination of chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) and low salinity water (LSW) flooding is one of the most attractive enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. While several studies on CEOR have been performed to date, there still exists a lack of mechanistic understanding on the synergism between surfactant, alkali and LSW. This synergism, in terms of fluid-fluid interactions, is experimentally investigated in this study, and mechanistic understanding is gained through fluid analysis techniques. Two surfactants, one cationic and one anionic, namely an alkyltrimethylammonium bromide (C19TAB) and sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS), were tested, together with NaOH used as the alkali, diluted formation brine used as the LSW, and the crude oil was collected from an Iranian carbonate oil reservoir. Fluids were analyzed using pendant drop method for interfacial tension (IFT) measurement, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for determination of aqueous and oleic phase chemical interaction. The optimum concentration of LSW for IFT reduction was investigated to be 1000 ppm. Additionally, both surfactants reduced IFT significantly, from 28.86 mN/m to well below 0.80 mN/m, but in the presence of optimal alkali concentration the IFT dropped further to below 0.30 mN/m. IFT reduction by alkali was linked to the production of three different types of in situ anionic surfactants, while in the case of anionic and cationic surfactants, saponification reactions and the formation of the C19TAOH alcohol, respectively, were linked to IFT reduction. The critical micelle concentration and optimal alkali concentration when using cationic C19TAB were significantly lower than with the anionic surfactant; respectively: 335 vs 5000 ppm, and 500 vs 5000 ppm. However, it was found that SDBS was more compatible with NaOH than C19TAB, due to occurrence of alkali deposition with the latter beyond the optimal point.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ali Esfandiarian
- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Marvdasht
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
- Department of Petroleum
Engineering, Fars Science and Research Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Marvdasht
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
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- School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, Cyprus International University, via Mersin 10, Haspolat-Nicosia 99258, Northern Cyprus
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- School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, Scotland, U.K.
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, Marvdasht
Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
- Department of Petroleum
Engineering, Fars Science and Research Branch,
Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
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- Department of
Energy, Politecnico di Milano, via Lambruschini 4, Milan 20156, Italy
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Gao M, Wang XG, Lv WF, Zhou ZH, Zhang Q, Ma DS, Wang HZ, Yan F, Zhang L, Zhang L. Adsorption behaviors of branched cationic gemini surfactants and wettability in quartz-solution-air systems. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:5450-5457. [PMID: 32483563 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00689k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The adsorption and wetting on quartz surfaces by aqueous solutions of xylyl-substituted biquaternary ammonium salt gemini surfactants with different spacer groups (C3 and C6), have been investigated. The interfacial properties of surfactant solutions such as contact angle, adhesional tension (γLV cos θ), quartz-water interfacial tension (γSL) as well as adhesion work (WA) have been estimated. The obtained results show that C3 and C6 have similar adsorption behavior on quartz surfaces. Before critical micelle concentration (cmc) is reached, the contact angles of gemini surfactants slowly increase with the increasing concentration, and the adsorption amount at the water-air interface is almost the same as those at a quartz-water interface. After reaching cmc, the gemini surfactant Cn molecules form a more compact adsorption film through bending the flexible spacer chain, instead of forming a bi-layer. As a result, a further increase in quartz-liquid interfacial tension (γSL) and a consequent increase in contact angle have been observed after cmc. Gemini C6 shows a stronger ability towards hydrophobic modification at a quartz surface than C3, demonstrating the contribution of the longer methylene spacer to the hydrophobic modification of the quartz surface.
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- Ming Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery (PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development), Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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