August 17, 2025GelsOpen Access

Flow Characteristics and Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance of Anionic and Zwitterionic Viscoelastic Surfactant System

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Enhanced oil recovery reached 49.96% improvement compared to conventional methods in realistic pore-throat structures.
The optimized surfactant mixture reduced interfacial tension significantly to 0.374 mN/m, demonstrating excellent performance.
This investigation utilized microfluidic devices to assess flow behaviors and oil displacement in varied microenvironments.
Findings illustrate the potential of viscoelastic surfactants to improve sweep efficiency in heterogeneous reservoirs.

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This analysis demonstrates enhanced oil recovery in heterogeneous reservoirs using a surfactant mixture, suggesting improved efficiency through wettability alteration and viscoelastic properties.

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Ling et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c2368eb210217d64774e23 https://doi.org/10.3390/gels11080627

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This analysis demonstrates enhanced oil recovery in heterogeneous reservoirs using a surfactant mixture, suggesting improved efficiency through wettability alteration and viscoelastic properties.

Flow Characteristics and Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance of Anionic and Zwitterionic Viscoelastic Surfactant System

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Flow Characteristics and Enhanced Oil Recovery Performance of Anionic and Zwitterionic Viscoelastic Surfactant System

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