Evaluation of oil foam as a displacing phase to improve oil recovery: A laboratory study

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• foam 100%
• oil 59%
• laboratory 53%
• evaluation 48%
• surfactant 21%
• gas 19%
• slug 18%
• viscosity 17%
• foaming agent 11%
• gravity 11%
• permeability 10%
• Berea Sandstone 10%
• non-Newtonian fluid 10%
• kerosine 9%
• liquid 9%
• test 9%
• pressure drop 7%
• low pressure 7%
• porous medium 6%
• code 6%
• plastic 5%
• saturation 5%
• porosity 5%
• water 4%
• nitrogen 4%
• calculation 4%
• comparison 3%
• rate 2%
• effect 1%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Foams 96%
• Recovery 68%
• Oils 65%
• Surface active agents 25%
• Capillary tubes 22%
• Gases 17%
• Viscosity 12%
• Viscosity measurement 10%
• Liquids 10%
• Blowing agents 10%
• Density (specific gravity) 9%
• Kerosene 9%
• Sandstone 9%
• Water 8%
• Porous materials 7%
• Nitrogen 7%
• Yield stress 7%
• Pressure drop 6%
• Gravitation 6%
• Porosity 6%
• Plastics 5%
• Fluids 4%