Displacement of a micellar slug foam in unconsolidated porous media. [Comparison of micellar slug driven by foam versus by a polymer flood]

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1973

OSTI ID:7093222

Kamal, M; Marsden, Jr, S S

A comparison of a micellar slug driven by a foam versus by a polymer flood was made. The aqueous slug contained Floodaid 130 and brine (2 percent sodium chloride). Foam was generated from an aqueous brine solution of Triton X-100. The polymer flood was Dow Chemical's P-700 in the brine. Sand packs (porosity 39.4 percent, permeability 23.6 d) were saturated with the brine and flooded with 32.5/sup 0/ API California waxy crude oil. For secondary oil recovery, the slug-foam treatment obtained about 25 percent less of the original oil in place than the slug-polymer treatment. However after waterflooding with the brine, tertiary recovery by the slug-foam treatment was only about 8 percent less than the amount obtained by the slug followed by a polymer flood. Hence, tertiary oil recovery using a foam drive fluid could be economically attractive since less foaming agent than polymer is required.

• OSTI ID: 7093222
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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