Comparison of the 1FT of alkali/surfactant and branched alcohol/surfactant for Surfactant Flooding

• Main Author: Zakaria, Mohamed Wahyudeen
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2011
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10201/1/2011%20-%20comparison%20of%20the%20IFT%20of%20Alkali-surfactant%20and%20branched%20Alcohol-surfactant%20flooding.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/10201/

Surfactant flooding has been applied commercially for many years, especially in the 1970's and 1980's. The principle oflowering the interfacial tension to release residual oil trapped thus giving a higher oil production. The ultimate challenges in using surfactant as the preferable meth...