Evaluation of Surfactant Synthesized from Waste Vegetable Oil to Enhance Oil Recovery from Petroleum Reservoirs

Rabiu, Ademola; Elias, Samya; Oyekola, Oluwaseun

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.163

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“…The same result has been reported [98]. The sulfonated surfactant has been evaluated in a separate study for performance in petroleum reservoir [15]. It was found to exhibit excellent characteristics comparable to commercial petroleum-based anionic surfactant.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…Waste and nonedible vegetable oils for the production of surfactant are of interest because utilizing these waste materials will result in low material and processing costs, thus making biosurfactants attractive in large scale applications. It is also biodegradable [18] and the relatively high interfacial tension reduction potential or surface active properties are comparable to synthetic surfactants [15]. Most of ionic and nonionic surfactants are derived from C 12 and C 14 fatty acids which are abundant in palm kernel and palm oil [1].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Usual applications include the use of non-ionic surfactants as demulsifying agents [12], anionics as defoamers and amphoterics and cationics as corrosion inhibitors and biocides [13]. Surfactants are also essential additives in drilling process operations [14] to reduce water loss and as additives in drilling, completion and fracking fluids to enhance lubricity (for better flow) and pumpability (to control foaming) [15]. It is also put into effective use in the clean-up of crude oil spillages serving as oil slick dispersants or spreader [16] or as oil herder for easy burning [17].…”

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“…Surfactant is one of the oleochemicals that can be produced from epoxidized methyl esters from palm oil [1]. The sulfonation of the esters has been used to produce methyl ester sulfonate surfactants [15,18]. The anionic surfactant possesses good surface-active properties [15], excellent detergency and is less sensitive to water hardness [24].…”

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“…The sulfonation of the esters has been used to produce methyl ester sulfonate surfactants [15,18]. The anionic surfactant possesses good surface-active properties [15], excellent detergency and is less sensitive to water hardness [24]. It is therefore projected that the global market for methyl ester sulfonates will experience significant growth as demand for biodegradable surfactants increases [18].…”

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Waste vegetable oils as a sustainable, low-cost and low-toxicity feedstock are attracting more interests for the production of oleochemicals that are excellent substitutes for petroleum-based chemicals widely used in the petroleum industry. The compounds resulting from transesterification-epoxidation-sulfonation of waste vegetable oils have great potential as bio-based surface active agents with extensive application in the petroleum industry. The oleo-surfactant from vegetable oils is gaining increasing attention as alternative to the costlier and non-biodegradable petrochemical-based surfactants currently in use. This chapter reports on cost-effective processes to convert waste palm oil into high-grade surfactants aiming at its filed application in petroleum production to enhance recovery of crude oils from reservoir. The first section focused on the formulation of a high-performance bifunctional solid catalyst with basic and acidic sites that are able to mediate simultaneous esterification and transesterification reactions. In the second part, the methyl esters were epoxidized and then sulfonated to produce the anionic surfactant. The feedstock and the methyl ester produced were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometer (GC-MS) and the sulfonated functional group (S═O) was detected using Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis.

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confidence: 75%