Synergistic effect of alkyl polyglucoside and sorbitan mixtures on lowering interfacial tension and enhancing oil recovery

Yongfu Wu; Stefan Iglauer; Patrick J. Shuler; Yongchun Tang; Mario Blanco; William A. Goddard

Synergistic effect of alkyl polyglucoside and sorbitan mixtures on lowering interfacial tension and enhancing oil recovery

Yongfu Wu
, Stefan Iglauer
, Patrick J. Shuler
, Yongchun Tang
, Mario Blanco
, William A. Goddard

California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The phase behavior and the interfacial tension (IFT) of alkyl polyglucoside (APG), sorbitan surfactants; and mixtures for model oil/brine/surfactant systems were studied. There was a significant, desirable synergistic effect of lowering the IFT when the APG and some sorbitan surfactants were mixed in certain ratios. In addition, the performance of such systems with ultra low IFT was evaluated as EOR agents by core flooding experiments. An improvement of oil displacement by such surfactant containing brines vs. brine only was found for some systems. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 227th ACS National Meeting (Anaheim, CA 3/28/2004-4/1/2004).

Original language	English
Journal	ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts
Volume	227
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	227th ACS National Meeting Abstracts of Papers - Anaheim, CA., United States Duration: 28 Mar 2004 → 1 Apr 2004

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Synergistic effect of alkyl polyglucoside and sorbitan mixtures on lowering interfacial tension and enhancing oil recovery

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