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ASP flooding

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-000194

A chemical enhanced oil recovery method involving the sequential or simultaneous injection of an alkali, a surfactant, and a polymer. The alkali reacts with crude oil to create in-situ soap, the surfactant lowers interfacial tension between oil and water, and the polymer increases the viscosity of the injection water for mobility control. This process, also known as alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding, is a complex EOR technique compared to single-component polymer or surfactant floods.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-000194
FieldOil and gas
SubjectEnhanced Oil Recovery
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-000194",
  "term": "ASP flooding",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A chemical enhanced oil recovery method involving the sequential or simultaneous injection of an alkali, a surfactant, and a polymer. The alkali reacts with crude oil to create in-situ soap, the surfactant lowers interfacial tension between oil and water, and the polymer increases the viscosity of the injection water for mobility control. This process, also known as alkaline-surfactant-polymer flooding, is a complex EOR technique compared to single-component polymer or surfactant floods.",
  "subject": "Enhanced Oil Recovery",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/asp-flooding/"
}

Record 215 of 4,499 in Oil and gas terminology (MLC-0103). Request the full dataset.