PREPARATION,IDENTIFICATION AND INTERFACIAL ACTIVITIES OF PETROLEUM CARBOXYLATE AS SURFACTANT FOR CHEMICAL FLOODING

Petroleum carboxylate that may be suitable for tertiary oil recovery have been producedinexpensively from the fractions of Daqing crude oil by a two step process.The feed stock was firstoxidized in the vapor phase,followed by reaction of the oxidized products with sodiumhydroxide.Dilute solutions of sodium carboxylates were produced and showultralow(10~(-2)mN/m)interfacial tensions(IFTs)against a variety of hydrocarbons with a widerange of ACN(Alkane Carbon Number).Infrared spectroscopy was used to identify the functionalgroups in the oxidized and the saponified products.