Potential of Palm Kernel Alkanolamide Surfactant for Enhancing Oil Recovery from Sandstone Reservoir Rocks

Traiwiriyawong, Parichat; Kungsanant, Suratsawadee

doi:10.32526/ennrj.18.4.2020.32

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“…These data suggest that saponins are likely to have lower retention, compared to ionic surfactants. However, when compared to other nonionic surfactants, saponins demonstrate higher retention …”

Section: Role Of Natural Surfactant In Eormentioning

confidence: 93%

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Review of the Application of Natural Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

2023

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Injecting surfactant by means of chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) has acquired predominant attention in improving oil recovery by changing either fluid/rock and/or fluid/fluid interaction due to ion-pair forming and/or surfactant adsorption on the rock surface. As the main surfactant role in EOR, IFT reduction refers to adsorbing of surfactant molecules on the residual oil/water interface, which causes an increase in capillary number; as a result, trapped oil drops in porous media get free and start to move through the pore space toward the production well. The toxic nature, excessive cost, and environmental issues are the obvious limitations in applying the chemical surfactants in EOR, hence, looking for a less-expensive and eco-friendly type of surfactant has become a significant task to researchers to study the natural surfactant as an alternative to chemical surfactants. A deep understanding about the classification of natural surfactants, fabrication methods, and the difference between each class is crucial to propose a new plant-derived natural surfactant. This study tried to review up-to-date published studies related to the natural surfactant types and prepare a comprehensive catalog respective to natural surfactant that helps researchers with regard to future work in natural surfactant application in EOR. In addition, comparisons of each class performance and the impact of nanoparticles and the salinity on them in reducing IFT, altering wettability, and improving the recovery factor have been investigated. It had been concluded that natural surfactant can be produced from different plant parts (leaf, root, steam, fruit, and seed) based on the fabrication method. Natural surfactants synthesized from seed oil are stronger, compared with those extracted from the plant part (i.e., IFT reduction by 98%). Generally, injecting natural surfactants expressed low to high performance in improving the ultimate oil recovery from 2% to 40% original oil in place (OOIP).

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“…However, when compared to other nonionic surfactants, saponins demonstrate higher retention. 202 5.4. Emulsification and Formability.…”

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Review of the Application of Natural Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

2023

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“…Pa et al [ 26 ] fabricated sunflower Gemini surfactants, leading to stable emulsions, ultralow IFT, and great foamability. Traiwiriyawong et al [ 27 ] extracted a benign surfactant from palm kernel oil and used it in wettability studies. It showed the least adsorption compared to commercial surfactants of SDS and CTAB.…”

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Spontaneous Imbibition Oil Recovery by Natural Surfactant/Nanofluid: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

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Organic surfactants have been utilized with different nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations due to the synergic mechanisms of nanofluid stabilization, wettability alteration, and oil-water interfacial tension reduction. However, investment and environmental issues are the main concerns to make the operation more practical. The present study introduces a natural and cost-effective surfactant named Azarboo for modifying the surface traits of silica nanoparticles for more efficient EOR. Surface-modified nanoparticles were synthesized by conjugating negatively charged Azarboo surfactant on positively charged amino-treated silica nanoparticles. The effect of the hybrid application of the natural surfactant and amine-modified silica nanoparticles was investigated by analysis of wettability alteration. Amine-surfactant-functionalized silica nanoparticles were found to be more effective than typical nanoparticles. Amott cell experiments showed maximum imbibition oil recovery after nine days of treatment with amine-surfactant-modified nanoparticles and fifteen days of treatment with amine-modified nanoparticles. This finding confirmed the superior potential of amine-surfactant-modified silica nanoparticles compared to amine-modified silica nanoparticles. Modeling showed that amine surfactant-treated SiO2 could change wettability from strongly oil-wet to almost strongly water-wet. In the case of amine-treated silica nanoparticles, a strongly water-wet condition was not achieved. Oil displacement experiments confirmed the better performance of amine-surfactant-treated SiO2 nanoparticles compared to amine-treated SiO2 by improving oil recovery by 15%. Overall, a synergistic effect between Azarboo surfactant and amine-modified silica nanoparticles led to wettability alteration and higher oil recovery.

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A comprehensive review on the use of eco-friendly surfactants in oil industry

2022

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Potential of Palm Kernel Alkanolamide Surfactant for Enhancing Oil Recovery from Sandstone Reservoir Rocks

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Review of the Application of Natural Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

Review of the Application of Natural Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives

Spontaneous Imbibition Oil Recovery by Natural Surfactant/Nanofluid: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

A comprehensive review on the use of eco-friendly surfactants in oil industry

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