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Petroleum Science and Technology Volume 34, 2016 - Issue 16
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The effects of interfacial tension, injection rate, and permeability on oil recovery in dilute surfactant flooding

Fa-Yang JinState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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Song WangState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Wan-Fen PuState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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Xue-Li LiuResearch Institute of Engineering Technology, Northwest Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Urumchi, China
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Cheng-Dong YuanState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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Shuai ZhaoState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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Yan-Li TangState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu, China
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Lian DouResearch Institute of Engineering Technology, Northwest Oilfield Company, Sinopec, Urumchi, China
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Pages 1490-1495 | Published online: 12 Sep 2016
 
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ABSTRACT

Surfactant flooding as a potential enhanced oil recovery technology in depleted reservoirs after water flooding has been documented for several decades and has attracted extensive attention. This research explored the effect of interfacial tension among crude oil and surfactant, injection rate, and permeability on oil recovery in dilute surfactant flooding. The results indicated that the additional oil recovery increased with the reduction of the interfacial tension and the increase of the permeability. The additional oil recovery increased and later decreased with the increase of injection rate. The research is instructive for surfactant flooding application for enhanced oil recovery.

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