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Enhanced foam stability by adding comb polymer gel for in-depth profile control in high temperature reservoirs

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In this paper, a long-term stability of gel enhanced foam as an in-depth profile control agent in high temperature reservoirs was successfully prepared by adding comb polymer gel, which can enhance the thickness and strength of foam film.
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This article is published in Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.The article was published on 2015-10-05. It has received 91 citations till now.

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Synthesis and physiochemical characterization of zwitterionic surfactant for application in enhanced oil recovery

TL;DR: In this paper, a carboxybetaine based zwitterionic surfactant has been synthesized by quaternization of dodecyldimethylamine with chloroacetate.
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Fire prevention and control using gel-stabilization foam to inhibit spontaneous combustion of coal: Characteristics and engineering applications

TL;DR: Li et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed gel-stabilized foam (GSF) that can prevent and control fires in coal mines by forming silica gel structure in the bubble film using compound foaming agent (CFA), modified polyethoxylated silicone (MPS), water glass (WG) and coagulant (NaHCO3), which can nicely cover the surface of burning coal, significantly reduce the fire source temperature, thermal radiation and emission of CO, and realize stable fire extinguishing without re-burning.
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Experimental research on gel-stabilized foam designed to prevent and control spontaneous combustion of coal

TL;DR: In this paper, the gel-stabilized foam was prepared successfully by forming gel structure in the bubble film using thickening agent (TA) and crosslinking agent (CLA), and the viscosity characteristic, foamability, stability, and microstructure was investigated systematically.
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Assessing the effects of nanoparticle type and concentration on the stability of CO2 foams and the performance in enhanced oil recovery

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the effects of three hydrophilic metal oxide NPs, namely aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3 ), titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), copper oxide (CuO) as well as the effect of SiO 2 on the stability of CO 2 -foams.
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The role of particles in stabilising foams and emulsions

TL;DR: Much research in emulsions can be applied to foam systems, however evidence would suggest foam systems are under a number of additional constraints, and the stability 'window' for particles is smaller, in terms of size and contact angle ranges.
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Foam Mobility Control for Surfactant Enhanced Oil Recovery

TL;DR: In this paper, a surfactant-alternating-gas (SAG) injection is demonstrated as a substitute for polymer drive in the alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) enhancedoil-recovery (EOR) process.
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Characterization of Oil-Water Emulsion and Its Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery

TL;DR: In this article, a commercially available gear oil was used to prepare oil-in-water emulsions and experiments were performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the emulsion as a displacing fluid for enhanced oil recovery.
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Field Applications of Steam Foam for Mobility Improvement and Profile Control

TL;DR: Foams are used to control and improve the injection profile in secondary or tertiary gas-injection processes and reduce gas mobility far from the injectors as discussed by the authors, and they have shown that early, transient and usually small oil production responses to surfactant injection are real, and depend critically on the reservoir architecture and gas flood implementation.
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