The effect of nanosilica sizes in the presence of nonionic TX100 surfactant on CO_(2)foam flooding

The aim of this research is to study the effect of hydrophilic silica nanoparticles,sizes as CO_(2) foam stabilizer in the presence of nonionic TX100 surfactant.Two nanosilica sizes,15 and 70 nm,have been examined thoroughly.Physisorption of TX100 on silica nanoparticles(nanosilica)was characterized by adsorption isotherm and surface tension measurement,while CO_(2) foams stability was quantified based on their foamability,foam stability,particle partitioning in the foams,and bubble sizes.Results show that direct contact of TX100 with nanosilica does altered the wettability of hydrophilic nanosilica surface,enable them to lengthen CO_(2) foams life at certain surfactant and nanoparticles concentrations.For 15 nm nanosilica,CO_(2) foam stability shows excellent performance at 0.1 and 0.5 wt%TX100 concentrations.As for 70 nm nanosilica,CO_(2) foam demonstrates longer lifetime at much lower TX100 concentration,0.01 wt%.Without the presence of TX100,CO_(2) foams exhibit undesirable lifetime performances for both nanosilica sizes.Nanosilica partitioning in CO_(2) foams structures demonstrate consistent relation with contact angle measurement.Estimated bubble sizes shows insignificant effect on CO_(2) foams life.With the assists of nanosilica and TX100,enhanced oil recovery via CO_(2) foam injection succeeds in increasing oil production by 13e22%of original oil-in-place(OOIP).

Screening the synergy of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and carboxymethyl cellulose for surfactant-polymer flooding

Carboxymethyl cellulose(CMC)has emerged in oil and gas industries as a superior substitution to the conventional HPAM and xanthan gum(XG)for high viscosity polymer flooding application.In this study,the combined effect of conventional surfactant,sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate(SDBS)and CMC for potential surfactant-polymer(SP)flooding in enhanced oil recovery(EOR)has been investigated.Thereafter,SDBS–CMC interaction and the functional groups present in CMC were appropriately identified.The presence of various C–O bonds signifies the existence of carboxymethyl group which greatly influence the rheological properties of CMC solution.The behaviour of SDBS–CMC was characterized by their viscosity,shear rate,solubilization,wettability,and surface tension.Tertiary flooding utilizing SDBS-CMC was performed and compared to commercial SDBS-XG SP flooding.The results indicate several SDBS-CMC combinations are favourable for EOR application.Solution viscosity shows direct relationship with CMC concentrations.Consequently,at any given SDBS concentrations,significant increment was observed at 0.3 wt%and above.However,the trend displayed inconclusive relation to SDBS fractions.Majority of the SDBS-CMC combinations generate Winsor III emulsions particularly at CMC of 0.2 and 0.3 wt%,while Type II were observed in few combinations.Increasing CMC concentrations increased the contact angle,while gradual reductions were observed with SDBS concentrations.The gradual reduction in surface tension was highly influenced by the addition of CMC rather than SDBS.A novel combination of 0.3 wt%SDBS and 0.4 wt%CMC possessed an encouraging criterion in term of viscosity,solubilization,and surface tension reduction for EOR application.Flooding experiment from several SDBS-CMC combinations proved to recover additional oil ranging 16.4–20.2%of oil initially in place(OIIP).The trend in incremental oil recovery is similar to that of when utilising SDBS-XG.