Mechanism of droplet detachment from rock in the process of oil displacement by non-ionic surfactant solutions in porous media

1995 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.N. Matveenko ◽  
E.A. Kirsanov ◽  
F.D. Mekhtiev
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Ionic Surfactant ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Surfactant Solutions ◽  
Droplet Detachment

scholarly journals Effect of Surface Wettability on Immiscible Displacement in a Microfluidic Porous Media

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 664 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Avendaño ◽  
Nicolle Lima ◽  
Antonio Quevedo ◽  
Marcio Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Water Injection ◽  
Residual Oil ◽  
Strong Function ◽  
Fluid Displacement ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Displacement Front ◽  
Final Volume ◽  
Displacement Experiments ◽  
Effect Of Surface

Wettability has a dramatic impact on fluid displacement in porous media. The pore level physics of one liquid being displaced by another is a strong function of the wetting characteristics of the channel walls. However, the quantification of the effect is still not clear. Conflicting data have shown that in some oil displacement experiments in rocks, the volume of trapped oil falls as the porous media becomes less water-wet, while in some microfluidic experiments the volume of residual oil is higher in oil-wet media. The reasons for this discrepancy are not fully understood. In this study, we analyzed oil displacement by water injection in two microfluidic porous media with different wettability characteristics that had capillaries with constrictions. The resulting oil ganglia size distribution at the end of water injection was quantified by image processing. The results show that in the oil-wet porous media, the displacement front was more uniform and the final volume of remaining oil was smaller, with a much smaller number of large oil ganglia and a larger number of small oil ganglia, when compared to the water-wet media.

Study on ionic surfactant solutions by SAFT equation incorporated with MSA

2000 ◽  
Vol 168 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao-Sen Li ◽  
Jiu-Fang Lu ◽  
Yi-Gui Li
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Surfactant ◽  
Surfactant Solutions

A Laboratory Investigation of Oil Displacement From Porous Media by a Liquified Petroleum Gas

10.2118/218-g ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 5 (02) ◽  
pp. 33-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.H. Henderson ◽  
N.B. Gove ◽  
H.J. Ledbetter ◽  
J.D. Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Laboratory Investigation ◽  
Oil Displacement
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