Screening of amphoteric and anionic surfactants for cEOR applications using a novel approach

Kamal, Muhammad Shahzad; Sultan, Abdullah S.; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.

doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.03.023

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“…Selection of surfactants is important for many applications in the oil field such as EOR, stimulation, and water shut-off. Our group has recently conducted a detailed surfactant screening study for chemical EOR purposes [32].…”

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Influence of Surfactant Structure on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions under High-Temperature High-Salinity Conditions

Mohamed

Sultan

Hussein

et al. 2017

Journal of Chemistry

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Emulsified water-in-oil (W/O) systems are extensively used in the oil industry for water control and acid stimulation. Emulsifiers are commonly utilized to emulsify a water-soluble material to form W/O emulsion. The selection of a particular surfactant for such jobs is critical and certainly expensive. In this work, the impact of surfactant structure on the stability of W/O emulsions is investigated using the hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of the surfactant. Different commercial surfactants were evaluated for use as emulsifiers for W/O systems at high-temperature (up to 120 ∘ C) high-salinity (221,673 ppm) HTHS conditions. Diverse surfactants were examined including ethoxylates, polyethylene glycols, fluorinated surfactants, and amides. Both commercial Diesel and waste oil are used for the oleic phase to prepare the emulsified system. Waste oil has shown higher stability (less separation) in comparison with Diesel. This work has successfully identified stable emulsified W/O systems that can tolerate HTHS environments using HLB approach. Amine Acetate family shows higher stability in comparison with Glycol Ether family and at even lower concentration. New insights into structure-surfactant stability relationship, beyond the HLB approach, are provided for surfactant selection.

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Influence of Surfactant Structure on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions under High-Temperature High-Salinity Conditions

Mohamed

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Hussein

et al. 2017

Journal of Chemistry

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“…Some surfactants can reach ultralow values. However, the final IFT values after aging might be very high (Kamal et al, ). The IFT change with concentration is not significant due to the reason that the CMC of these surfactants is very low (10 −4 mol L −1 ).…”

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Development of Polyoxyethylene Zwitterionic Surfactants for High‐Salinity High‐Temperature Reservoirs

Kamal

Hussain

Fogang

et al. 2019

J Surfact & Detergents

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Substantial efforts are underway to improve the recovery factor from existing oil reserves to meet the ever‐growing global oil demand. Surfactants are known to increase oil recovery through reducing interfacial tension (IFT) and/or altering the rock wettability. The selection of surfactants for high‐salinity high‐temperature oil fields is a challenging task owing to poor thermal stability, precipitation, and adsorption of surfactants on reservoir rocks. Sulfobetaine‐based polyoxyethylene zwitterionic surfactants have shown excellent thermal and surface properties. However, their solubility in high‐salinity brines becomes poor particularly with a long hydrophobic tail (>C17). Recently, we synthesized such types of surfactants by incorporating ethylene oxide (EO) units into the hydrophobic tail, which improved the solubility in formation water (213,734 ppm) and seawater (SW) (57,643 ppm). In this work, we investigated the IFT, thermal stability, rheological behavior, and foaming properties of two polyoxyethylene zwitterionic surfactants having different degrees of ethoxylation. Aging experiments exhibited excellent thermal stability and no change in the chemical structure was detected. The surfactant with lesser EO units (EASB‐1a) showed a lower IFT compared to the surfactant with higher EO units (EASB‐1b). Rheological studies revealed that the addition of both surfactants reduced the viscosity of the acrylamide copolymer. However, the effect of EASB‐1a was more prominent compared to that of EASB‐1b. The surfactant with a higher degree of ethoxylation showed lower adsorption compared to the surfactant with a lesser degree of ethoxylation. Both surfactants showed excellent foamability and foam stability compared to the commercial surfactants. Excellent thermal stability, water solubility under harsh reservoir conditions, foaming properties, and lower adsorption make them a suitable choice for high‐temperature, high‐salinity reservoirs.

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“…For example, anionic surfactants or a mixture of anionic‐nonionic surfactants are used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) between water and oil (Le Van and Chon, ; Nourafkan et al, ). Anionic surfactants can lower the IFT more than amphoteric surfactants (Kamal et al, ). Surfactants are also used in the removal of organic contaminants or heavy metals from soil, using both anionic and nonionic surfactants (Lee et al, ; Liang and Peng, ).…”

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Krafft Point Prediction of Anionic Surfactants Using Group Contribution Method: First‐Order and Higher‐Order Groups

Chanachichalermwong

Charoensaeng

Suriyapraphadilok

2019

J Surfact & Detergents

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Krafft point is one of the key properties of anionic surfactants to indicate their solubility in an aqueous phase. Below the Krafft point, the surfactant is a useless solid. We have developed a prediction model for the Krafft point based on the Marrero and Gani Group Contribution (GC) concept. Literature data were analyzed and a new third‐order level was proposed to improve the model accuracy. The Krafft points of 53 anionic surfactants were collected including alkyl sulfonate, alkyl sulfate, alkyl benzene sulfonate, alkyl ethoxy sulfate, alkyl ester sulfonate, alkyl ester sulfate, alkyl disulfate, alkyldiphenylether disulfonates, alkyl diester sulfonate, alkyl naphthalene sulfonate, and fluorocarbon surfactants. The coefficients of the fractional groups in a surfactant molecule reveal the dependence of the Krafft point on the internal structure. Compared to the more complicated models such as those based on advanced statistical concept, the GC model for the Krafft point developed in this work gives a higher accuracy with a simpler calculation.

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Screening of amphoteric and anionic surfactants for cEOR applications using a novel approach

Cited by 77 publications

References 37 publications

Influence of Surfactant Structure on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions under High-Temperature High-Salinity Conditions

Influence of Surfactant Structure on the Stability of Water-in-Oil Emulsions under High-Temperature High-Salinity Conditions

Development of Polyoxyethylene Zwitterionic Surfactants for High‐Salinity High‐Temperature Reservoirs

Krafft Point Prediction of Anionic Surfactants Using Group Contribution Method: First‐Order and Higher‐Order Groups

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