Surfactant Transport Through Porous Media in Steam-Foam Processes
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- Published by Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) in SPE Reservoir Engineering
- Vol. 3 (04) , 1177-1185
- https://doi.org/10.2118/14391-pa
Abstract
Summary: Experimental and theoretical studies show that the transport of steam-foam surfactants through reservoir sands can be substantially retarded as a result of cation exchange between the surfactant solution and the formation clays. Results, however, show that a high injected salinity favors surfactant propagation by displacing divalent cations faster and by reducing partitioning when divalent cations are present.Keywords
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