Production and Characterization of New Surfactant Formulated from <i>Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil</i> for Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery

Ihekoronye Kingsley Kelechi; Sulaiman Ibrahim Dodo; Adamu Mohammed Bello; Usman Hassan

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Production and Characterization of New Surfactant Formulated from Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil for Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery

Ihekoronye Kingsley Kelechi, Sulaiman Ibrahim Dodo, Adamu Mohammed Bello, Usman Hassan

Published in Petroleum Science and Engineering (Volume 8, Issue 1)

Received: 12 September 2023 Accepted: 13 December 2023 Published: 18 January 2024

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Surfactant flooding is one of the various methods used in the oil and gas industry to improve oil recovery from the hydrocarbon reservoir. It involves the injection of surfactants which are chemicals to displace residual oil in the reservoir by reducing the interfacial tension between the displacing and displaced fluids thereby maximizing oil production. Surfactant is a surface-active agent that aids to improve oil recovery via changing the rock properties from oil-wet to water-wet. Synthetic surfactant is mostly used chemical enhanced oil recovery method but its vulnerability to high temperature and salinity reservoir pose a challenge to its application. In this study, Thevetia Peruviana oil was used as a precursor for surfactant formulation via saponification reaction. Soxhlet extraction technique was used to extract the oil from the seeds. Physicochemical properties of the extracted oil were investigated. Characterization using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) was carried out on the formulated surfactant to determine the functional groups. The results of this study showed that the Thevetia Peruviana seed have percentage of oil yield (61.3%), saponification value (218.79mg/100g), acid value (28.05mg/g), free fatty acid (14.03 mg/L), iodine value (9.39mg/L), specific gravity (0.90 g/cm³) and pH (4.04). The FTIR test results on the formulated surfactant showed the presence of the hydroxyl (OH) and carboxyl (COOH) functional groups. This indicate that the surfactant is anionic and have hydrophilic behavior which will be effective for use in enhanced oil recovery.

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Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil, New Surfactant, Characterization

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Kelechi, I. K.; Dodo, S. I.; Bello, A. M.; Hassan, U. Production and Characterization of New Surfactant Formulated from Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil for Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Pet. Sci. Eng. 2024, 8(1), 1-6. doi: 10.11648/j.pse.20240801.11

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Kelechi IK, Dodo SI, Bello AM, Hassan U. Production and Characterization of New Surfactant Formulated from Thevetia Peruviana Seed Oil for Use in Enhanced Oil Recovery. Pet Sci Eng. 2024;8(1):1-6. doi: 10.11648/j.pse.20240801.11

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Ihekoronye Kingsley Kelechi

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Nigeria

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Department of Petroleum Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Nigeria
Adamu Mohammed Bello

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Nigeria
Usman Hassan

Department of Petroleum Engineering, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, Nigeria

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