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creators_name: Afolabi, F.
creators_name: Mahmood, S.M.
creators_name: Yekeen, N.
creators_name: Akbari, S.
creators_name: Sharifigaliuk, H.
title: Polymeric surfactants for enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent progress
ispublished: pub
keywords: Enhanced recovery; Hydrocarbons; Petroleum reservoir engineering; Petroleum reservoirs; Recovery; Surface active agents; Viscosity; Wetting, Chemical enhanced oil recoveries; Chemical enhanced oil recovery; Enhanced-oil recoveries; Hydrocarbon recovery; Original oil in places; Polymeric surfactant; Project cost; Recent progress; Recovery mechanisms; Recovery process, Surface tension, enhanced oil recovery; hydrocarbon reservoir; polymer; rheology; surface tension; surfactant; viscosity; wettability
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abstract: Chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) is a well-recognized technique for exploiting the original oil in place (OOIP) left behind in subsurface petroleum reservoirs after primary and secondary recovery processes. However, CEOR is not practiced or implemented widely because of project cost, operational and technical complexity, and environmental risks. Polymeric surfactants have emerged as a viable alternative to conventional chemical methods. They offer multifunctional mechanisms such as viscosity increment and interfacial tension (IFT) reduction. Thus, they are thought to be more versatile in enhancing recovery due to mobility control and wettability-induced fluid redistribution. This review presents a summary of recent studies in the literature that provides new insights into the properties, mechanisms, and applications of polymeric surfactants related to improved hydrocarbon recovery. From the published studies, fluid-fluid interactions influencing rheology and IFT, and fluid-rock interactions dictating wettability alteration and adsorption tendencies, are systematically evaluated. Implications of these mechanisms on enhanced hydrocarbon recovery by the polymeric surfactants are analyzed. Recent advances and knowledge gaps are highlighted, and possible directions to improve research methodology are suggested. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
date: 2022
publisher: Elsevier B.V.
official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85113359714&doi=10.1016%2fj.petrol.2021.109358&partnerID=40&md5=abe5421fa924cb6c58b1c9a8c42afd81
id_number: 10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109358
full_text_status: none
publication: Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
volume: 208
refereed: TRUE
issn: 09204105
citation:   Afolabi, F. and Mahmood, S.M. and Yekeen, N. and Akbari, S. and Sharifigaliuk, H.  (2022) Polymeric surfactants for enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent progress.  Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208.   ISSN 09204105