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Experimental Study On A Novel Eor Method -- Polymeric Nanogel Combined With Surfactant And Low Salinity Water Flooding To Enhance Oil Recovery, Mustafa M. Almahfood
Experimental Study On A Novel Eor Method -- Polymeric Nanogel Combined With Surfactant And Low Salinity Water Flooding To Enhance Oil Recovery, Mustafa M. Almahfood
Doctoral Dissertations
“Extracting higher amounts of oil from current reservoirs is a necessity for the oil industry to enhance their profitability and sustainability. The desire to recover more oil from the existing reservoirs has led to a growing interest of nanoparticle application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). However, most researchers have focused on the evaluation and surface modification of non-deformable nanoparticles. This dissertation evaluates the potential of deformable nanogel particles as an EOR material when they are combined with two other promising technologies - surfactant and low salinity water floodings. The particle size distribution, ζ-potential and interfacial tension were measured for a …
Factors Impacting The Transport And Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential Of Polymeric Nanogel In Sandstone, Haifeng Ding
Factors Impacting The Transport And Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential Of Polymeric Nanogel In Sandstone, Haifeng Ding
Doctoral Dissertations
"Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using nanometer-sized particles has drawn great attention in the oil industry because of their various advantages brought by size. However, their applications on a field scale are very limited, especially for deformable nanoparticles. The objective of this research is to explore the transport behavior of deformable polymeric nanoparticles (nanogel), the factors impacting these behavior, and their EOR potentials. First, 240 published nanoparticle core flooding experiment data were collected and analyzed about the extent to what the nanoparticles can improve oil recovery. Results show that on the laboratory scale the incremental oil recovery could be as high …