New sulfonate Gemini surfactants: synthesis and evaluation for enhanced oil recovery applications

Mpelwa, Musa; Tang, Shanfa; Jin, Lijun; Hu, Ruizhi

doi:10.1080/01932691.2019.1652189

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“…Our research group (Mpelwa et al, 2019a) studied a series of new sulfonate Gemini surfactants in an attempt to develop a single viscoelastic surfactant that can effectively reduce the interfacial tension of oil and water to ultra-low values. The results show that the new viscoelastic Gemini surfactant 18-3-18 has excellent surface activity and low CMC value.…”

Section: Current Problems and Solutions Of Viscoelastic Surfactant Floodingmentioning

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Research progress of viscoelastic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

Tang

Mpelwa

et al. 2021

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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Although new energy has been widely used in our lives, oil is still one of the main energy sources in the world. After the application of traditional oil recovery methods, there are still a large number of oil layers that have not been exploited, and there is still a need to further increase oil recovery to meet the urgent need for oil in the world economic development. Chemically enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) is considered to be a kind of effective enhanced oil recovery technology, which has achieved good results in the field, but these technologies cannot simultaneously effectively improve oil sweep efficiency, oil washing efficiency, good injectability, and reservoir environment adaptability. Viscoelastic surfactants (VES) have unique micelle structure and aggregation behavior, high efficiency in reducing the interfacial tension of oil and water, and the most important and unique viscoelasticity, etc., which has attracted the attention of academics and field experts and introduced into the technical research of enhanced oil recovery. In this paper, the mechanism and research status of viscoelastic surfactant flooding are discussed in detail and focused, and the results of viscoelastic surfactant flooding experiments under different conditions are summarized. Finally, the problems to be solved by viscoelastic surfactant flooding are introduced, and the countermeasures to solve the problems are put forward. This overview presents extensive information about viscoelastic surfactant flooding used for EOR, and is intended to help researchers and professionals in this field understand the current situation.

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Research progress of viscoelastic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

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“…Furthermore, these surfactants have been used as stabilizers in enhanced oil recovery [100]. For applications in this field, sulfonates gemini surfactants were shown to reduce the oil-water interfacial tension to ultralow values, around 10 −3 mN/m, with surfactant concentrations less than 0.5 wt % [101]. Another important parameter for applications in oilfields, is thermal stability.…”

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Gemini and Bicephalous Surfactants: A Review on Their Synthesis, Micelle Formation, and Uses

Guerrero-Hernández¹,

Meléndez‐Ortiz²,

Cortez-Mazatan³

et al. 2022

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The use of surfactants in polymerization reactions is particularly important, mainly in emulsion polymerizations. Further, micelles from biocompatible surfactants find use in pharmaceutical dosage forms. This paper reviews recent developments in the synthesis of novel gemini and bicephalous surfactants, micelle formation, and their applications in polymer and nanoparticle synthesis, oil recovery, catalysis, corrosion, protein binding, and biomedical area, particularly in drug delivery.

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“…Epichlorohydrin was allowed to react with sodium bisulfite and then with a fatty amine at ambient temperature. [84] The final step involves, the addition of epichlorohydrin to the reaction mixture dropwise and it was kept at the same temperature after which the temperature was increased and maintained the temperature for a certain time while adjusting the pH by using aqueous NaOH solution. These new sulfonate geminis have attractive viscous and viscoelastic properties towards enhanced oil recovery used throughout flooding methods.…”

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“…First sodium 3‐chloro‐2‐hydroxypropane‐1‐sulfonate was synthesized by two consecutive steps. Epichlorohydrin was allowed to react with sodium bisulfite and then with a fatty amine at ambient temperature [84] . The final step involves, the addition of epichlorohydrin to the reaction mixture dropwise and it was kept at the same temperature after which the temperature was increased and maintained the temperature for a certain time while adjusting the pH by using aqueous NaOH solution.…”

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Research Progress on the Synthesis of Different Types of Gemini Surfactants with a Functionalized Hydrophobic Moiety and Spacer

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Gemini surfactants are advantageous over conventional surfactants as they find applications as antimicrobial agents, corrosion inhibitors, enhanced oil recovery, capping agents for nanoparticle synthesis, drug delivery agents, etc. This article provides a detailed overview of synthetic procedures for various types of geminis and the fundamental physicochemical parameters of these systems. This includes a discussion on the cationic geminis based on various groups such as biphenyl, amide (with/without alkane tail), binol, quaternary ammonium (with/without hydroxyl group as a spacer), morpholinium, pyridinium, amide (with/without alkane tail), ester quaternary ammonium, and imidazolium (spacer with/without hydroxyl group and thioether/ester) types. Further, it is focused on anionic geminis with carboxylate, borate, and sulfonate head groups. Zwitterionic geminis such as betaine surfactants, cocogem surfactants based on dodecylisopropylol amine and dicarboxylic acid, diester type, sulphobetaine gemini based on S‐triazine, zwitterionic hetero gemini containing ammonium and carboxylate head groups, zwitterionic gemini containing quaternary ammonium and a sulfate group, gemini containing phosphodiester anion and quaternary ammonium salt are also reviewed. Lastly, synthesis of nonionic geminis from sunflower oil, amide‐based nonionic, sulfonamide nonionic, N,N’‐diethylaminedialkyldiamide nonionic gemini, sugar‐based gemini, and nonionic gemini with sulfonate spacer have been discussed.

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New sulfonate Gemini surfactants: synthesis and evaluation for enhanced oil recovery applications

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Research progress of viscoelastic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

Research progress of viscoelastic surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

Gemini and Bicephalous Surfactants: A Review on Their Synthesis, Micelle Formation, and Uses

Research Progress on the Synthesis of Different Types of Gemini Surfactants with a Functionalized Hydrophobic Moiety and Spacer

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