This paper reports the effect of using black liquor whose main constituent is Na- lignosulfonate, which is the effluent from Nagaon paper Mill, Jagiroad, Assam, along with Alkali and Co-surfactant in enhanced crude oil recovery from Upper Assam porous media. In this paper an attempt has been done to study the change in Inter Facial Tension (IFT) with different concentration of Surfactant and also a comparative study has been done determine the change in IFT with or without Alkali and Co-Surfactant. Increasing the surfactant concentration reduces the IFT, hence increases the recovery efficiency. Alkali changes the Wettability of reservoir rock and reduces the surfactant adsorption and also act as an in-situ surfactant production.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijasbt.v2i4.11047 Int J Appl Sci Biotechnol, Vol. 2(4): 432-436

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The effect of alkali on immiscible alkali-surfactant (AS) flooding is studied by injecting surfactant individually and surfactant along with alkali. First, reservoir core samples were characterized with the help of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and thin slide analysis. Based on the clay content of the reservoir, surfactant was selected. Second, AS formulations were designed through dynamic interfacial tension (IFT) and wettability alteration analysis. Third, adsorption of surfactant on porous media was studied with or without alkali to find out the amount of surfactant adsorbed along with the isotherm mechanism. Fourth, core flooding experiments were conducted to find out the recovery efficiency after secondary brine flooding. XRD, SEM and thin slide analysis showed the presence of kaolinite, smectite, illite, silica, quartz in the rock sample. Based on the clay types, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was selected as surfactant for this study. Ultra-low dynamic IFT in the range of 10 −3 was observed with SDS. Addition of alkali further reduced the IFT of the system. Initially, wettability of the reservoir under study was toward water wet, but during AS flooding it was altered to strongly water wet. Adsorption of surfactant on the porous media was reduced by the application of alkali. During secondary brine flooding, maximum recovery was found to be 49% of Initial Oil in Place. Another 14% of residual oil after secondary flooding was achieved by AS flooding.