Energy, Mining, and Oil & Gas

Session Chair(s)

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  Lucas Moore, PhD

  VP of Research and Development
  Colonial Chemical Inc
  South Pittsburg, TN, United States

It is easy to appreciate and understand the importance of surfactants towards detergents and personal care products where our lives are touched directly, but a lesser-known fact is that mining, and oil & gas are also industries where surfactants are important. Surfactants are applied in the stimulation of hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil recovery, in the extraction of oil from oil sands, as well as the beneficiation of minerals. The efficiencies of these processes are determined largely by the surfactants being applied. Without them, we wouldn't have spodumene at the concentration needed for lithium battery production. We wouldn't have cost effective access to the "non-traditional" oil reserves.

Presentations:

• 3:35 PM – 3:52 PM EDT

  Particle Properties and Pickering Foams
  

  Presenting Author: Sepideh Razavi, PhD – University Of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Elton Correia – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Ashley Copelin – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Nick Brown – University of Oklahoma
• 3:52 PM – 4:09 PM EDT

  Improving heavy oil recovery using surfactant-assisted waterflooding: Brazilian offshore field
  

  Presenting Author: Tzu-Ping Hsu, MS – ChampionX

  Co-Author: Mahdi Kazempour – ChampionX

  Co-Author: Trinh Tran – ChampionX
• 4:09 PM – 4:26 PM EDT

  Low Dose Surfactant-based Waterflood: An Effective Method to Improve Oil Recovery in Tight Dolomite-rich Formations
  

  Presenting Author: Tzu-Ping Hsu, MS – ChampionX

  Co-Author: Mahdi Kazempour – ChampionX

  Co-Author: Mehrnoosh Mehrnoosh – ChampionX
• 4:26 PM – 4:43 PM EDT

  Adhesion energy, spreading coefficient and interfacial tension as an efficient tool for assessing biocide performance
  

  Presenting Author: Duy Nguyen, PhD – Championx LLC

  Co-Author: Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian – Championx

  Co-Author: Alex Richardson – ChampionX
• 4:43 PM – 5:00 PM EDT

  Heat of Immersion as a Method to Quantify Wettability for Particulates: Effect of Temperature and Surfactant
  

  Presenting Author: Brian Grady, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Oklahoma

  Co-Author: Boshen Xu – University of Oklahoma