Foam-oil interaction in porous media: Implications for foam assisted enhanced oil recovery

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 183-184, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-13

  Farajzadeh, R ^a,b   Andrianov, A ^a   Krastev, R ^c   Hirasaki, G J ^d   Rossen, W R ^b  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disjoining pressure; Enhanced oil recovery; Foam; Limiting capillary pressure; Porous media; Pseudoemulsion film

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFICATION; FOAMS; OIL WELL FLOODING; POROUS MATERIALS; STABILITY;

DISJOINING PRESSURES; DISPLACEMENT PROCESS; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; FOAM FILMS; FOAM STABILITY; FOAM-OIL INTERACTIONS; LIMITING CAPILLARY PRESSURES; PSEUDOEMULSION FILMS;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

EID: 84866365681     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2012.07.002     Document Type: Review

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