Nanoparticles as foam stabilizer: Mechanism, control parameters and application in foam flooding for enhanced oil recovery

2021 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 108561
Author(s):  
Yusong Zhang ◽  
Qi Liu ◽  
Hang Ye ◽  
LeiLei Yang ◽  
Dan Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Control Parameters ◽  
Foam Stabilizer ◽  
Mechanism Control ◽  
Foam Flooding

Low Tension Foam Flooding for Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery in Heterogeneous Systems

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Hahn ◽  
Kerry Spilker ◽  
Dennis Alexis ◽  
Harry Linnemeyer ◽  
Taimur Malik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Heterogeneous Systems ◽  
Foam Flooding ◽  
Low Tension

Oil Relative Permeability During Enhanced Oil Recovery by Foam Flooding

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Heins ◽  
Mohammad Simjoo ◽  
Pacelli L.J. Zitha ◽  
William Richard Rossen
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Relative Permeability ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Flooding

Effects of Nanoparticle Types on Carbon Dioxide Foam Flooding in Enhanced Oil Recovery

2015 ◽  
Vol 33 (12) ◽  
pp. 1286-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Manan ◽  
S. Farad ◽  
A. Piroozian ◽  
M. J. A. Esmail
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Flooding

scholarly journals Ultra-Low Interfacial Tension Foam System for Enhanced Oil Recovery

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 2155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Liu ◽  
Shuangxing Liu ◽  
Dan Luo ◽  
Bo Peng
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Interfacial Tension ◽  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foaming Properties ◽  
Oil Viscosity ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Oil Displacement ◽  
Displacement Capacity ◽  
Foam Flooding

The liquid phase of foam systems plays a major role in improving the fluidity of oil, by reducing oil viscosity and stripping oil from rock surfaces during foam-flooding processes. Improving the oil displacement capacity of the foam’s liquid phase could lead to significant improvement in foam-flooding effects. Oil-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) is an important indicator of the oil displacement capacity of a liquid. In this study, several surfactants were used as foaming agents, and polymers were used as foam stabilizers. Foaming was induced using a Waring blender stirring method. Foam with an oil-liquid IFT of less than 10–3 mN/m was prepared after a series of adjustments to the liquid composition. This study verified the possibility of a foam system with both an ultra-low oil-liquid IFT and high foaming properties. Our results provide insight into a means of optimizing foam fluids for enhanced oil recovery.

Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) by Steam-CO2-Foam Flooding

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nejatian Daraei ◽  
E. Sahraei
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Flooding

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Foam Stability Dependence on Nanoparticle Concentration for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

2014 ◽  
Vol 548-549 ◽  
pp. 1876-1880 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.A.T. Mohd ◽  
A. H. M. Muhayyidin ◽  
Nurul Aimi Ghazali ◽  
M.Z. Shahruddin ◽  
N. Alias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enhanced Oil Recovery ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Foam Stability ◽  
Foam Height ◽  
Sweep Efficiency ◽  
Low Viscosity ◽  
Reservoir Conditions ◽  
Foam Properties ◽  
Foam Generator ◽  
Foam Flooding

Foam flooding is an established approach in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) to recover a significant quantity of the residual oil left in the reservoir after primary and secondary recovery. However, foam flooding faces various problems due to low viscosity effect, which reduces its efficiency in recovering oil. Using surfactant to stabilize CO2foam may reduce mobility and improve areal and vertical sweep efficiency, but the potential weaknesses are such that high surfactant retention in porous media and unstable foam properties under high temperature reservoir conditions. Nanoparticles have higher adhesion energy to the fluid interface, which potentially stabilize longer lasting foams. Thus, this paper is aimed to investigate the CO2foam stability and mobility characteristics at different concentration of nanosilica, brine and surfactant. Foam generator has been used to generate CO2foam and analyze its stability under varying nanosilica concentration from 100 - 5000 ppm, while brine salinity and surfactant concentration ranging from 0 to 2.0 wt% NaCl and 0 – 10000 ppm, respectively. Foam stability was investigated through observation of the foam bubble size and the reduction of foam height inside the observation tube. The mobility was reduced as the concentration of nanosilica increased with the presence of surfactant. After 150 minutes of observation, the generated foam height reduced by 10%. Liquid with the presence of both silica nanoparticles and surfactant generated more stable foam with lower mobility. It can be concluded that the increase in concentration of nanosilica and addition of surfactant provided significant effects on the foam stability and mobility, which could enhance oil recovery.

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