Investigation of oil recovery improvement by coupling an interfacial tension agent and a mobility control agent in light oil reservoirs. Technical progress report, October--December 1994

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/55300· OSTI ID:55300

Pitts, M J

The study will investigate two major areas concerning co-injecting an interfacial tension reduction agent(s) and a mobility control agent into petroleum reservoirs. The first will consist of defining the mechanisms of interaction of an alkaline agent, a surfactant, and a polymer on a fluid-fluid and a fluid-rock basis. The second is the improvement of the economics of the combined technology. This report examines effect of rock type on oil recovery by an alkaline-surfactant-polymer solutions. This report also begins a series of evaluations to improve the economics of alkaline-surfactant-polymer oil recovery.

• Research Organization: Surtek, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC22-92BC14886
• OSTI ID: 55300
• Report Number(s): DOE/BC/14886-10; ON: DE95010494
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: [1994]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
OIL WELLS
CAUSTIC FLOODING
DISPLACEMENT FLUIDS
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
PROGRESS REPORT
PETROLEUM
ENHANCED RECOVERY
SURFACTANTS
POLYMERS
ROCK-FLUID INTERACTIONS
ECONOMICS
SODIUM CARBONATES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA