Experimental Study of the Absorption Amount of Surfactant and Oil Recovery

In this paper, firstly the effect of nano materials on surfactant adsorption and then, the effect ofsurfactant injection associate with nano particles on the enhanced oil recovery is studied. Forthis, several series of laboratory tests under the temperature and pressure of 50°F and 2500 Psiais performed. The core which is used in this test is related to one of the Iranian sandstonereservoirs and the used surfactant in this system is anion sodium dodecyl sulfate surfactant. Oneof the main elements of success or failure in enhanced oil recovery with surfactant is the amountof the surfactant lost during the operation. With evaluation and development of nanotechnology,the scientist discovered that, adding the nano materials to surfactant materials can cause a highefficiency of them, for instance, a high resistivity against high temperature and their stability.Results show adding the water wet nano particles leads to a reduction in surfactant adsorptionamount on the rock. It is also proved that, with increasing the nano particles concentrationamount, this amount of surfactant adsorption on the rock will reduced in a higher amount andthis reduction in adsorption amount will have a direct effect on oil recovery factor.

کلیدواژه ها:

surfactant ، nano particles ، enhanced oil recovery ، adsorption