Nanoparticle technology in Aqueous Carbon Dioxide (CO2) foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) / Azwan Harun … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Harun, Azwan, Tengku Mohd, Tengku Amran, Alias, Nur Hashimah, Ghazali, Nurul Aimi, Azizi, Azlinda
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Research Innovation Business Unit 2014
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology; Special processes and operations; Oils, fats, and waxes
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70812/1/70812.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70812/; http://www.iidex.com.my
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Foam Flooding is an established Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) approach to recover the remaining oil in the reservoir, which is implemented after primary and secondary recovery. However, foam flooding faces various problems due to low viscosity effect, which reduces its efficiency in recovering oil. Th...