Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery

Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step...

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Main Authors: Elraies,, K.A, Isa, M Tan, Saaid, I
Format: Citation Index Journal
Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Record Id / ISBN-0: utp-eprints.3317 /
Published: 2009
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QD Chemistry
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spelling utp-eprints.33172017-03-20T08:16:57Z Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery Elraies,, K.A Isa, M Tan Saaid, I TP Chemical technology QD Chemistry Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step route was used for synthesizing epoxidized methyl ester sulfonate (EMES) for enhanced oil recovery application. The performance of the resultant surfactant was studied by measuring the interfacial tension between the surfactant solution and crude oil, and its thermal stability at reservoir temperature. The EMES showed properties similar to sodium dodecyl sulfate, such as the reduction of interfacial tension to 3.45 mN/m. The advantage of the newly EMES is the low cost of production that makes it a promising surfactant for enhanced oil recovery application and other uses. 2009 Citation Index Journal PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3317/1/khaled__isa.pdf Elraies,, K.A and Isa, M Tan and Saaid, I (2009) Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery. [Citation Index Journal] http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3317/
institution Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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topic TP Chemical technology
QD Chemistry
spellingShingle TP Chemical technology
QD Chemistry
Elraies,, K.A
Isa, M Tan
Saaid, I
Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
description Due to the high cost of surfactant production caused by petrochemical feedstocks, considerable attention has been given to non-edible vegetable oils as an alternative source of feedstock. In this paper, a new non-edible oil derived surfactant based on Jatropha plant is synthesized. A single step route was used for synthesizing epoxidized methyl ester sulfonate (EMES) for enhanced oil recovery application. The performance of the resultant surfactant was studied by measuring the interfacial tension between the surfactant solution and crude oil, and its thermal stability at reservoir temperature. The EMES showed properties similar to sodium dodecyl sulfate, such as the reduction of interfacial tension to 3.45 mN/m. The advantage of the newly EMES is the low cost of production that makes it a promising surfactant for enhanced oil recovery application and other uses.
format Citation Index Journal
author Elraies,, K.A
Isa, M Tan
Saaid, I
author_sort Elraies,, K.A
title Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
title_short Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
title_full Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
title_fullStr Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and Performance of a New Surfactant for Enhanced Oil Recovery
title_sort synthesis and performance of a new surfactant for enhanced oil recovery
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.utp.edu.my/3317/1/khaled__isa.pdf
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