Title :
Role of oil-water emulsion in enhanced oil recovery
Author :
Mandal, Ajay ; Samanta, Abhijit ; Bera, Achinta ; Ojha, Keka
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Pet. Eng., Indian Sch. of Mines, Dhanbad, India
Abstract :
Oil-in-water emulsions are important in the petroleum industry as a displacing fluid for enhanced oil recovery. In the present study commercially available gear oil was used to prepare oil-in-water emulsions. Characterizations of the emulsions were performed with respect to their physicochemical properties and size distribution of the dispersed oil droplet in water phase. Experiments were also carried out to observe the efficiency of the emulsion as displacing fluid for enhanced oil recovery. Substantial additional recoveries (more than 20% of original oil in place) over conventional water flooding were obtained in the present study.
Keywords :
disperse systems; drops; emulsions; petroleum industry; water; dispersed oil droplet; displacing fluid; enhanced oil recovery; gear oil; oil-in-water emulsions; petroleum industry; physicochemical properties; size distribution; substantial additional recoveries; water flooding; water phase; Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Floods; Permeability; Petroleum; Viscosity; bubble size; emulsion; enhanced oil recovery; flooding;
Conference_Titel :
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (ICCCE), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7765-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7766-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICCCENG.2010.5560393
