Foam-assisted oil recovery studied on Omani deposits

A joint publication saw light in Energy & Fuels.

The foam in this case is based on waterborne polyurethane. The resulting agent is feasible for use under high temperatures.

“The reagent is used to enhance extraction – when gas is pumped to a reservoir, it can break through permeable zones and lower the efficiency of extraction. The foam helps level out the displacement profile,” says co-author, Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering Mikhail Varfolomeev.

Oman is one of KFU’s partners in petroleum research. This paper was written together with Sultan Qaboos University.

 

Novel Foaming Agent Based on Waterborne Polyurethane for Foam-Assisted Enhanced Oil Recovery

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c04249

 

Source text: Adelya Shemelova

Translation: Yury Nurmeev