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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 94, Issue 9, Pages 1693-1699Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.22541
Keywords
ethoxylated surfactant; rheology; polyacrylamide; chemical EOR viscosity
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- Saudi Aramco [CPM 2297]
- King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
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In this work, two surfactant-polymer (SP) systems were evaluated for enhanced oil recovery applications. The first SP system contained partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide and alkyl polyethylene glycol ether-based non-ionic surfactant The second SP system consisted of the same polymer and alcohol propoxylate sulphate-based anionic surfactant. Rheology, thermal stability, interfacial tension (IFT), and flooding experiments were performed to evaluate the SP systems at different temperatures, surfactant concentrations, and salt concentrations. The anionic surfactant reduced the viscosity of the polymer. However, the effect of the non-ionic surfactant on the rheological properties was not significant. The non-ionic surfactant was found to be stable at 80 degrees C while the structural changes were identified in the anionic surfactant after aging. IFT values of both surfactants were measured at various temperatures and salinities. Due to poor thermal stability and IFT increasing with temperature, the SP system containing the non-ionic surfactant showed promising results at high-temperature and high-salinity conditions and 26 % additional oil recovery was obtained.
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