Cost Effective Surfactant Formulations for Improved Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs

• Main Authors: Goddard, William A., Tang, Yongchun, Shuler, Patrick, Blanco, Mario, Wu, Yongfu
• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: California Institute of Technology 2007
• Subjects: Limestone; 02 Petroleum; Solubility; Iceland; Molecular Structure; Adsorption; Fresh Water; Reservoir Rock; Aqueous Solutions; Salinity; Water; Flotation; Calcite; Brines; Carbonates; Petroleum; Decane; Surfactants; Carbonate Rocks; McElroy
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2172/932887; https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc897281/

This report summarizes work during the 30 month time period of this project. This was planned originally for 3-years duration, but due to its financial limitations, DOE halted funding after 2 years. The California Institute of Technology continued working on this project for an additional 6 months b...