Disclosure of Invention
One of the technical problems to be solved by the invention is to provide a novel polyether anionic surfactant which has the advantages of strong emulsifying capacity and high activity on thick oil under the conditions of high temperature and high salt.
The second technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a method for improving the oil gas recovery ratio corresponding to one of the technical problems, and the novel polyether anionic surfactant is adopted as an oil displacement agent, so that the method has the advantages of strong emulsifying capacity and high activity on thick oil under the conditions of high temperature and high salt.
In order to solve one of the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme: a polyether anionic surfactant having the general molecular formula:
wherein the substituent R is C 1 ~C 24 Any one of the aliphatic groups of (a); r is R 1 、R 2 、R 3 At least one of H, methyl and ethyl is independently selected; x, y and z are polymerization degrees, and x, y and z are independently selected from any one of 1 to 100; x is any one of alkylene, alkenylene, arylene containing 0 to 10 carbon atoms or alkylene, alkenylene, arylene containing 0 to 10 carbon atoms and containing substituents; y is an anionic group, a is the absolute value of the valence of Y; m is a cation or a cationic group, b is the absolute value of the valence of M; ar is an aromatic ring or a substituent-containing aromatic ring; m is any integer from 1 to 5.
In the above technical scheme, R is preferably C 1 ~C 20 Any one of alkyl and alkenyl; ar can be benzene ring, condensed ring aromatic ring, benzene ring containing substituent and condensed ring aromatic ring, preferably benzene ring or naphthalene ring; the R is 1 Preferably from ethyl, R 2 Preferably from methyl, R 3 Preferably selected from H.
In the above technical scheme, x, y and z are preferably any number independently selected from 1 to 50.
In the above technical scheme, the linking group X is preferably any one of an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, and an arylene group containing 0 to 6 carbon atoms; when the number of carbon atoms is 0, it means that there is no linking group, and Y is directly linked to Ar.
In the above technical scheme, the Y is preferably any one selected from carboxylate, sulfonate, sulfate and phosphate; more preferably, the compound is any one of carboxylate and sulfonate.
In the above technical solution, the M is preferably any one of alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal examples and ammonium ions; more preferably M is preferably selected from Na + 、K + 、Mg 2+ 、Ca 2+ 、NH 4 + Any one of the following.
In the above technical scheme, the preparation method of the polyether anionic surfactant preferably comprises the following steps:
a) Carrying out alkoxylation reaction on an initiator and ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and butylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst to obtain polyether; wherein the initiator is C as substituent 1 ~C 30 Any one of fatty-based aromatic alcohols;
b) Polyether sulfonate which is the polyether anionic surfactant can be obtained by the polyether synthesized in the step a) through sulfonation reaction or alkylation reaction;
or:
c) And c), reacting the polyether synthesized according to the step a) with an etherification reagent to obtain polyether carboxylate, namely the polyether anionic surfactant.
In the technical scheme, the reaction temperature of the alkoxylation reaction is preferably 140-200 ℃, and the reaction pressure is preferably 0-5 MPa; the molar ratio of the initiator to the ethylene oxide, propylene oxide or butylene oxide is preferably 1 (1-50); the catalyst is preferably an alkali metal hydroxide, DMC bimetallic polyether catalyst or phosphazene catalyst, and the dosage is 0.001-2.0% of the weight of the starter.
In the above technical scheme, the molar ratio of the polyether to the sulfonating agent is preferably 1: (1-3), the reaction temperature of the sulfonation reaction is preferably 20-80 ℃, the sulfonation reaction time is preferably 0.5-10 hours, the pH after adding alkali is 10-14, and the hydrolysis reaction time is 0.5-5 hours.
In order to solve the second technical problem, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows: a method for improving oil and gas recovery ratio adopts any one of the polyether anionic nonionic surfactants in one of the technical schemes for solving the technical problems as an oil displacement agent.
In the above technical solution, the method is not particularly limited, and a person skilled in the art may use the polyether anionic nonionic surfactant as an oil displacement agent according to the existing technology, for example, the aqueous solution containing the surfactant of the present invention is injected into the ground to improve the recovery efficiency of an oil-gas field, and the use concentration of the surfactant is preferably 0.05w.t.% or more.
In the above technical solution, it is further preferable that the oil is a thick oil, and the method for improving oil and gas recovery efficiency is especially a method for improving thick oil recovery efficiency.
The polyether anionic nonionic surfactant disclosed by the invention simultaneously comprises aryl and composite polyether functional groups (polyoxybutylene BO, polyoxypropylene PO and polyoxyethylene EO) in the molecular structure, so that the interaction with crude oil is enhanced, particularly the interaction with a thickened oil component is enhanced, the technical problems of poor emulsifying property and low activity of the surfactant in the existing enhanced oil recovery technology are solved, and the oil displacement effect can be effectively improved.
The polyether anionic nonionic surfactant is used in tertiary oil recovery, especially for heavy oil reservoirs (such as more than 90 ℃, more than 35,000mg/L of mineralization degree and more than 1,000mg/L of divalent ion content), and has the following advantages:
(1) The surfactant has high interfacial activity on thickened oil and strong emulsifying capacity. It can form 10 with underground crude oil at a concentration of above 0.05% -3 ~10 -4 The ultra-low interfacial tension of milli-newtons per meter and the solubilization parameters reach above 10.
(2) The temperature resistance and the salt resistance are strong. The salt resistance of the anti-salt agent is obviously improved because the anti-salt agent contains non-ionic groups such as BO, PO, EO and the like; and different functional groups are connected through a C-C bond or a C-O bond, so that the hydrothermal stability of the compound is high.
(3) The surfactant has good safety. The surfactant is more environment-friendly because the alcohol is adopted to replace phenol as the initiator.
The invention is further illustrated by the following examples.
Detailed Description
[ example 1 ]
Synthesis of octadecyl naphthalene methanol polyether ammonium sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of octadecyl naphthaline methyl alcohol, 0.5% KOH and 30ppm phosphazene catalyst by mass into a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then raising the reaction temperature to 200 ℃, slowly introducing metered epoxybutane, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa to carry out etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amount of propylene oxide, after the reaction is finished, cooling to 150 ℃ again, adding calculated amount of ethylene oxide, carrying out etherification reaction again until the reaction is finished (the reaction pressure is unchanged), and purging the system with nitrogen to remove unreacted ethylene oxide to obtain the alkylaryl polyether nonionic surfactant.
Introducing sulfonating agent SO into the product 3 Sulfonation was carried out at 60℃for 1 hour. Then adding 3 times of potassium hydroxide aqueous solution with molar weight into a reactor, starting stirring, and hydrolyzing at 90 ℃ for 5 hours to obtain the product of the octadecyl naphthalene methanol polyether potassium sulfonate anionic non-surfactant. The product was dissolved in an ethanol/water (V/v=7:3) mixed solution and passed through an acidic ion exchange column, then the octadecyl naphthalene methanol polyether sulfonic acid was neutralized with aqueous ammonia, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure after heating to 100 ℃ to obtain ammonium octadecyl naphthalene methanol polyether sulfonic acid, the structure of which is shown in table 1.
Active concentration window assay:
the prepared octadecyl naphthalene methanol polyether ammonium sulfonate surfactant was formulated into different concentrations (mineralization degree of water used 35,000mg/L, divalent ion content 1,000 mg/L), and the interfacial tension change between the surfactant solution and crude oil (crude oil api=25) was measured at 90 ℃ under the condition of 5000 rpm using a TX-500C rotary drop interfacial tensiometer or Dataphysics SVT20 until the oil drops were balanced, and the results are shown in table 2.
TABLE 2 interfacial tension between oil and water of surfactant solutions of different concentrations and crude oil
Surfactant dosage (wt%)
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0.05
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0.1
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0.2
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0.3
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Interfacial tension (milli-newtons per meter)
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0.00293
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0.00087
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0.00055
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0.00042 |
The results show that the surfactant provided by the invention has high oil-water interfacial activity on the tested thickened oil under a wide concentration window.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsification capacity was calculated by evaluating the phase state according to SPE 113313 method. The method mainly comprises the following steps: an aqueous surfactant solution having a concentration of 0.3wt% was added to the glass tube, and then crude oil was added to the solution with a water-to-oil volume ratio (WOR) of 1.0. And mixing after sealing. It is then placed in a metal bath, heated to a set temperature, and the sample mixture is periodically removed to enhance mass transfer between the phases. The equilibrium was considered to be reached until there was no change in visual interface position. Its emulsifying capacity is expressed in terms of the solubilization parameter SP, i.e., the volume or mass of surfactant per unit volume or mass of water in or of oil. The results are shown in tables 3 and 4.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial tension change between the 0.3wt% surfactant solution and crude oil was measured using a TX-500C spin drop interfacial tensiometer or DataPhysics SVT20 at a reservoir temperature and a rotational speed of 5000 rpm until the oil drops equilibrated. The results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
Taking a certain amount of oil sand according to the following oil: sand=1: 4 (mass ratio) aging for 10 days at reservoir temperature, stirring for 5 minutes every 2 hours; and then taking out 5g of the aged oil sand, and mixing the aged oil sand with 0.3wt% of surfactant solution according to the weight percentage of the oil sand: solution mass ratio = 1:10, aging for 48 hours at the reservoir temperature, extracting crude oil in the solution by using petroleum ether, fixing the volume by using a 50ml colorimetric tube, and performing colorimetric analysis at a wavelength of 430nm by using a spectrophotometer. The concentration of crude oil in the surfactant solution was calculated using a standard curve. The results are shown in tables 7 and 8.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
According to the test of the physical simulated oil displacement effect of the compound oil displacement system in the SY/T6424-2000 compound oil displacement system performance test method, a simulated oil displacement experiment is carried out at the oil reservoir temperature. The oil recovery rate of the crude oil is calculated by injecting water to drive the oil to be free, then transferring 0.3PV (core pore volume) of the surfactant solution with the weight percent of 0.3, and then driving the water to be free of oil again. The results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
[ example 2 ]
Synthesis of nonylbenzyl alcohol polyether calcium carboxylate anionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of 4-nonyl 2-hydroxymethylbenzene propionic acid and 1% KOH (potassium hydroxide) serving as a catalyst in a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then raising the reaction temperature to 200 ℃, slowly introducing metered epoxybutane, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa to carry out etherification reaction. After the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amount of propylene oxide, after the reaction is finished, cooling to 150 ℃ again, adding calculated amount of ethylene oxide, carrying out etherification reaction again until the reaction is finished (the reaction pressure is unchanged), and purging a system with nitrogen to remove unreacted ethylene oxide to obtain the 4-nonyl-2-hydroxymethyl polyether benzene potassium propionate anionic nonionic surfactant. The product was dissolved in an ethanol/water (V/v=7:3) mixed solution and passed through an acidic ion exchange column, then 4-nonyl-2-hydroxypolyether phenylpropionic acid was neutralized with an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide, the temperature was raised to 100 ℃ and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to give calcium 4-nonyl-2-hydroxypolyether phenylpropionate, and the structure was as shown in table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsifying properties of the calcium 4-nonyl-2-hydroxymethyl polyether phenylpropionate surfactant were measured according to the method and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 3 and 4.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the calcium 4-nonyl-2-hydroxymethyl polyether phenylpropionate surfactant were determined according to the method and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the calcium 4-nonyl-2-hydroxymethyl polyether phenylpropionate surfactant was determined according to the procedure and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 7 and 8.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The displacement performance of the calcium 4-nonyl-2-hydroxymethyl polyether phenylpropionate surfactant was measured according to the method and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
[ example 3 ]
Synthesis of pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether magnesium sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant:
pentadecyl benzyl alcohol, 2.0% KOH and 30ppm phosphazene catalyst are added into a polymerization reaction kettle, the system temperature is heated to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, a vacuum system is started for dehydration for 1 hour, nitrogen is used for purging 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then the reaction temperature is raised to 180 ℃, then metered epoxybutane is slowly introduced, and the reaction pressure is controlled to be less than 0.60MPa for etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amount of propylene oxide, after the reaction is finished, adding calculated amount of ethylene oxide again, cooling to 150 ℃, and carrying out etherification reaction again until the reaction is finished (the reaction pressure is unchanged), and purging the system with nitrogen to remove unreacted ethylene oxide to obtain the pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether nonionic surfactant.
Introducing sulfonating agent SO into the product 3 Sulfonation was carried out at 60℃for 1 hour. Then adding aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide with 3 times of molar quantity into a reactor, starting stirring, and hydrolyzing for 5 hours at 90 ℃ to obtain the product pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether potassium sulfonate anionic non-surfactant. The product was dissolved in an ethanol/water (V/v=7:3) mixed solution and passed through an acidic ion exchange column, then pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether sulfonic acid was neutralized with an equimolar amount of aqueous solution of magnesium hydroxide, and after heating to 100 ℃ and steaming out the solvent under reduced pressure, pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether sulfonic acid magnesium was obtained, and the structure is shown in table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsification properties of the pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether magnesium sulfonate surfactant were determined according to the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 3 and 4.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate magnesium surfactant were determined according to the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether magnesium sulfonate surfactant was determined according to the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 7 and 8.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The oil displacement performance of the pentadecyl benzyl alcohol polyether magnesium sulfonate surfactant was determined according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
[ example 4 ]
Synthesis of sodium methyl benzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of methylbenzyl alcohol and 0.5% KOH (potassium hydroxide) serving as a catalyst in a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then slowly introducing metered epoxybutane after the reaction temperature is raised to 200 ℃, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa to carry out etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amount of propylene oxide, after the reaction is finished, cooling to 150 ℃ again, adding calculated amount of ethylene oxide, carrying out etherification reaction again until the reaction is finished (the reaction pressure is unchanged), and purging the system with nitrogen to remove unreacted ethylene oxide to obtain the alkylaryl polyether nonionic surfactant.
Introducing sulfonating agent SO into the product 3 Sulfonation was carried out at 60℃for 1 hour. Then adding aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide with 3 times of molar quantity into a reactor, starting stirring, hydrolyzing for 5 hours at 90 ℃, heating to 100 ℃, decompressing and distilling off the solvent, and filtering to remove salt to obtain the product of the sodium methylbenzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic surfactant. The structure is shown in Table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsifying properties of sodium methylbenzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic non-surfactant were measured according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 3 and 4.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of sodium methylbenzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic non-surfactant were determined according to the methods and procedures described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of sodium methylbenzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic non-surfactant was measured according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 7 and 8.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The displacement performance of sodium methylbenzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic non-surfactant was measured according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
[ example 5 ]
Synthesis of sodium octyl benzyl alcohol polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of octyl benzyl alcohol and 0.5% KOH catalyst by mass into a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then slowly introducing metered epoxybutane after the reaction temperature is raised to 200 ℃, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa to carry out etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amount of propylene oxide, after the reaction is finished, cooling to 150 ℃ again, adding calculated amount of ethylene oxide, carrying out etherification reaction again until the reaction is finished (the reaction pressure is unchanged), and purging the system with nitrogen to remove unreacted ethylene oxide to obtain the alkylaryl polyether nonionic surfactant.
Adding formyl chloride with the same molar quantity into the product at normal temperature, adding aluminum trichloride after the reaction, stirring and heating to 80 ℃, slowly dropwise adding 3-chloropropanesulfonic acid, continuing the reaction for 5 hours after the addition, and obtaining octyl (propane sulfonic acid) benzyl alcohol polyether formate through aftertreatment. Adding 2 times molar quantity of aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide into the reactant, heating to 80 ℃, stirring for 6 hours, adding solvent benzene, refluxing to remove water, and filtering to remove solid in the reactant to obtain the product octyl benzyl alcohol polyether sodium sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant. The structure is shown in Table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsification properties of the sodium octyl benzyl polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant were determined as described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 3 and 4.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the sodium octyl benzyl polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant were determined according to the methods and procedures described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 5 and 6.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the sodium octyl benzyl polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant was determined as described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 7 and 8.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The displacement performance of the sodium octyl benzyl polyether sulfonate anionic nonionic surfactant was determined according to the method and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in tables 9 and 10.
[ example 6 ]
Synthesis of alkylaryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of dodecyl benzyl alcohol, 1% KOH and 30ppm phosphazene catalyst in the mass percent into a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then raising the reaction temperature to 200 ℃, slowly introducing metered epoxybutane, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa for etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amounts of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide in sequence, cooling to 150 ℃ after the reaction is finished, and removing unreacted ethylene oxide by using a nitrogen purging system to obtain the octadecyl aryl polyether nonionic surfactant.
Subjecting the product obtained above to SO 3 Sulfonation is carried out, reaction is carried out for 1 hour at 50 ℃, then potassium hydroxide is added to adjust the pH to 13, hydrolysis is carried out for 2 hours, and dodecyl aryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether is obtained. The structure is shown in Table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsification properties of the dodecylaryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether surfactant were determined according to the methods and procedures described in example 1. The results are shown in Table 3.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the dodecylaryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether surfactant were determined according to the methods and procedures described in example 1. The results are shown in Table 5.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the dodecylaryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether surfactant was determined following the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 7.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The flooding performance of the dodecylaryl (potassium sulfonate) polyether surfactant was determined following the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 9.
[ example 7 ]
Synthesis of octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of octadecyl benzyl alcohol, 1% KOH and 30ppm phosphazene catalyst by mass into a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then raising the reaction temperature to 200 ℃, slowly introducing metered epoxybutane, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa for etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amounts of epoxybutane, epoxypropane and epoxyethane in sequence, cooling to 150 ℃ after the reaction is finished, and removing unreacted epoxy compounds by using a nitrogen purging system to obtain the octadecyl aryl polyether nonionic surfactant.
Subjecting the product obtained above to SO 3 Sulfonation is carried out, reaction is carried out for 1 hour at 50 ℃, then sodium hydroxide is added to adjust the pH to 13, hydrolysis reaction is carried out for 2 hours to neutrality, and octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether is obtained. The structure is shown in Table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsifying properties of the octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether surfactant were determined according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 3.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether surfactant were determined according to the methods and procedures described in example 1. The results are shown in Table 5.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether surfactant was determined following the procedure and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 7.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The oil displacement performance of the octadecyl aryl (sodium sulfonate) polyether surfactant was determined following the procedure and procedure described in example 1. The results are shown in Table 9.
[ example 8 ]
Synthesis of octadecyl (potassium 4-benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant:
adding a certain amount of octadecyl (4-benzoyl) phenylpropanol and 2% KOH and 30ppm phosphazene catalyst by mass into a polymerization reaction kettle, heating the system to 80-90 ℃ under stirring, starting a vacuum system, dehydrating for 1 hour, then purging with nitrogen for 3-4 times to remove air in the system, then slowly introducing metered epoxybutane after the reaction temperature is raised to 200 ℃, and controlling the reaction pressure to be less than 2.0MPa for etherification reaction. And after the reaction is finished, cooling to 180 ℃, continuously and slowly introducing calculated amounts of epoxybutane, epoxypropane and epoxyethane in sequence, cooling to 150 ℃ after the reaction is finished, and removing unreacted epoxy compounds by using a nitrogen purging system to obtain the octadecyl (4-potassium benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant. The structure is shown in Table 1.
Evaluation of emulsifying property of surfactant:
the emulsifying properties of the octadecyl (potassium 4-benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant were measured in accordance with the method and procedure of example 1. The results are shown in Table 3.
Surfactant interfacial property evaluation:
the interfacial properties of the octadecyl (potassium 4-benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant were measured according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 5.
Evaluation of surfactant wash oil Performance
The wash oil performance of the octadecyl (potassium 4-benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant was measured according to the method and procedure in example 1. The results are shown in Table 7.
Evaluation of oil displacement performance of surfactant
The displacement performance of the octadecyl (potassium 4-benzoate) phenylpropanol polyether nonionic surfactant was measured according to the method and procedure of example 1. The results are shown in Table 9.
[ comparative example 1 ]
Polyether anionic nonionic surfactant was prepared as in example 1 except that propylene oxide and butylene oxide were not added, and performance evaluation was performed as in example 1, and the results are shown in tables 3 to 10.
[ comparative example 2 ]
Preparation of surfactant C according to the method of US20110281779A1 8 H 17 O-(BO) 7 -(PO) 7 -(EO) 25 -SO 3 Na and performance was evaluated as in example 1, and the results are shown in tables 3 to 10.
TABLE 1 surfactant compositions and structures
TABLE 3 emulsifying Properties of surfactants
Test conditions: 90 ℃, mineralization degree 35,000mg/L, divalent ion content 1,000mg/L, crude oil API=25
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Solubilization parameters
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15
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12
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13
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11
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10
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13
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12
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9
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6
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7 |
TABLE 4 emulsifying Properties of surfactants
Test conditions: 120 ℃, mineralization degree 300,000mg/L, divalent ion content 10,000mg/L, crude oil API=18
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Solubilization parameters
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17
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14
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14
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13
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11
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7
|
7 |
TABLE 5 interfacial surfactant properties
Test conditions: 90 ℃, mineralization degree 35,000mg/L, divalent ion content 1,000mg/L, crude oil API=25
TABLE 6 interfacial surfactant properties
Test conditions: 120 ℃, mineralization degree 300,000mg/L, divalent ion content 10,000mg/L, crude oil API=18
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Interfacial tension (10) -3 mN/m)
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0.36
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1.91
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0.71
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4.16
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3.01
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21.57
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4.26 |
TABLE 7 surfactant wash oil Performance
Test conditions: 90 ℃, mineralization degree 35,000mg/L, divalent ion content 1,000mg/L, crude oil API=25
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Wash oil performance (%)
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80
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65
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71
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62
|
61
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69
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72
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66
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32
|
51 |
Table 8 surfactant wash performance
Test conditions: 120 ℃, mineralization degree 300,000mg/L, divalent ion content 10,000mg/L, crude oil API=18
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Wash oil performance (%)
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82
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71
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73
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63
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64
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32
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50 |
TABLE 9 surfactant oil displacement Properties
Test conditions: 90 ℃, mineralization degree of 35,000mg/L, divalent ion content of 1,000mg/L, crude oil API=25, core permeability of 220mD
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Enhanced recovery (%)
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13.9
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9.1
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11.1
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8
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7.9
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9.3
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11.2
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9.2
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4.2
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6.5 |
Table 10 surfactant flooding performance
Test conditions: 120 ℃, mineralization degree 300,000mg/L, divalent ion content 10,000mg/L, crude oil API=18, core permeability 500mD
Examples
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Comparative example 1
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Comparative example 2
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Enhanced recovery (%)
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14.4
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9.9
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13.3
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8.4
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8.6
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4.3
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6.3 |
The results show that the surfactant provided by the invention has very high oil-water interfacial activity and washing capacity for the tested thickened oil, and has a good effect of improving the recovery ratio of the thickened oil.