Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Waleed Abdulaziz Dokhon

Fahmi Aulia

Abdulkareem M Alsofi

A method of evaluating a surfactant is provided. The method includes preparing a first emulsion comprising an aqueous phase, an oleaginous phase, and a first surfactant. Then the method includes determining an average droplet size of oleaginous phase droplets in the first emulsion. The method then includes preparing a second emulsion comprising the aqueous phase, the oleaginous phase, and a second surfactant, and then determining an average droplet size of oleaginous phase droplets in the second emulsion. After determining droplet sizes of both emulsions, the method includes comparing the average droplet size of the of the oleaginous phase droplets in the first emulsion to the average droplet size of the oleaginous phase droplets in the second emulsion, and based on the comparing of the average droplet sizes, determining a relative interfacial tension of the first surfactant as compared to the second surfactant.

Method of evaluating surfactants for enhanced oil recovery

A well tubing system includes a well tubing extending from a wellhead and disposed in a wellbore, and multiple capillary tubes coupled to the wellhead and extending from the wellhead into an annulus formed between an outer surface of the well tubing and a wall of the wellbore. The multiple capillary tubes provide a sealing fluid to the annulus, and extend to a respective multiple depths in the wellbore, where the multiple depths are different from each other. The capillary tubes guide the sealing fluid from the wellhead into the annulus, and provide the sealing fluid to the annulus.

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Ulaya Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Waleed Abdulaziz Dokhon