Colloids and Interfaces in Oil Recovery

• Main Author: Taylor, Spencer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: n/a; multicomponent ion exchange; alcohols; polymer-enhanced foam; low salinity waterflooding; heavy oil; cyclodextrins; SAGD; nanoparticle fluids; CO2 foam; in-situ rheology; surfactants; Pickering emulsions; enhanced oil recovery; emulsions; inclusion complexes; petroleum; Bacillus halodurans; non-Newtonian flow in porous medium; oil recovery; Bacillus firmus; oil film displacement; surface and interfacial tension; naphthenic acid; Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery; recovery factor; thermal recovery; heavy oil and bitumen; SAG; colloid and interfacial science; metal ion interactions; porous media; optical video microscopy; microfluidics; spore forming bacteria; interfacial complexation; electric double layer; dynamic interfacial tension; polymer flooding; wettability; polymers; fluid-fluid interactions; interfaces; waterflooding; oil sands; EOR; contact angles; wettability alteration; biotransformation; monolayer; asphaltene; petroleum colloids; surface charge; heavy oil recovery
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It is well-known that colloid and interface science and petroleum production are inextricably linked. Whether in the reservoir, with its porous structure, or during recovery, crude oil is intimately associated with rock surfaces and with water, often in the form of emulsions. This situation leads to...