Journal
ENERGIES
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en15030961
Keywords
surfactants; surfactant-flooding; EOR; high-salinity; carbonate reservoirs
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- Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation [075-15-2020-931]
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This study successfully synthesized three novel anionic-nonionic surfactants based on the nonionic surfactant NPEO and evaluated their effectiveness for enhanced oil recovery in high salinity water. The modified surfactants showed significant reduction in interfacial tension and improved wettability of the rock, leading to increased oil production. Filtration experiments indicated the great potential of these novel surfactants for enhanced oil recovery in high salinity reservoirs.
Surfactant flooding can mobilize trapped oil and change the wettability of the rock to be more hydrophilic, which increases the oil recovery factor. However, the selection of surfactants is difficult in the case of high salinity conditions. In this work, we synthesized three novel anionic-nonionic surfactants based on widely used nonionic surfactant nonylphenol polyethoxylated (NPEO) and evaluated their efficiencies for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in high salinity water (20% NaCl). The modified surfactants showed a decrease in interfacial tension (IFT) up to 10 times compared with the nonionic precursor. All surfactants had changed the wettability of rock to be more hydrophilic according to contact angle measurements. The effectiveness of surfactants was proved by spontaneous imbibition experiments, in which the synthesized surfactants showed a better displacement efficiency and increased oil production by 1.5-2 times. Filtration experiments showed an increase in oil recovery factor by 2-2.5 times in comparison with the nonionic NPEO. These promising results prove that the synthesis of new surfactants by modifying NPEO is successful and indicate that these novel surfactants have a great potential for EOR in high salinity reservoirs.
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