Elastic Instabilities in Polymer-Solution Flow Through Porous Media

Crude oil has been an important source of energy for several decades now. Upon discovery of a crude oil reservoir until its abandonment, typically the oil recovery process can be classified in three stages. The primary and the secondary stage involve utilizing and maintaining reservoir pressure to recover oil respectively. The tertiary, or the...

In Situ Microemulsion Formation In Enhanced Oil Recovery

The formation of microemulsions of an EOR surfactant with n-decane was studied in a microfluidic setup using fluorescence microscopy. Generally microemulsions are studied under static conditions by means of phase behavior tests. However, oil mobilization fromreservoirs is a dynamic process and therefore it is important to understand how...