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Title: Foams and surfactants for improved underground storage of natural gas by blockage of water cooling

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10135602
 [1];  [2]
  1. USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
  2. EG and G Washington Analytical Services Center, Inc., Morgantown, WV (United States)

Foam blockage to alleviate water coning during the retrieval stage appears to be the simplest, least expensive, and most easily commercialized foam-based technology for improving the underground storage of natural gas. This paper describes effects of injection rate, surfactant concentration, NaCl salinity, and divalent ions on measured aqueous-phase and gaseous-phase relative permeabilities, as well as why these data are needed for modeling the process and designing single-well field tests.

Research Organization:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
10135602
Report Number(s):
DOE/METC/C-94/7121; CONF-931145-2; ON: DE94008821; NC: NONE
Resource Relation:
Conference: Eastern regional meeting of the Society of Petroleum Engineers: doing more with less,Pittsburgh, PA (United States),2-4 Nov 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English