Description
1. Product Overview
Foam EOR Agent — Sweep efficiency is a high-performance surfactant-based formulation engineered to optimize oil displacement in Enhanced Oil Recovery operations. Its primary industrial use is to generate stable, low-mobility foam in heterogeneous reservoirs to control gas mobility, mitigate channeling, and improve volumetric sweep efficiency. The key value proposition lies in delivering up to 15-30% incremental oil recovery by diverting injectant into unswept zones while reducing gas-oil ratio and water cut. As operators face declining production from mature fields, this agent is strategically important for maximizing asset value, extending field life, and improving project economics under carbon-constrained portfolios.
2. Key Specifications & Technical Characteristics
- Chemical composition or material components: Proprietary blend of anionic and amphoteric surfactants with polymeric foam boosters, stabilizers, and scale-inhibitor additives. Free of APEO/NPEO.
- Purity level or grade: Industrial EOR Grade, >92% active matter. Compatible with formation brines up to 200,000 ppm TDS and temperatures 40-120°C.
- Physical characteristics:
- Form: Clear to pale yellow liquid
- Odor: Mild characteristic
- pH (1% solution): 7.0-9.0
- Density @ 25°C: 1.02-1.06 g/cm³
- Viscosity @ 25°C: 50-150 cP
- Foam Half-Life in synthetic brine @ 80°C: >120 minutes
- Packaging options: 200L HDPE drums, 1000L IBC totes, ISO tank containers, or flexitank bulk shipments
- Shelf life: 24 months in original sealed packaging, stored between 5-35°C away from direct sunlight
3. Core Industrial Applications
- Primary industries: Upstream Oil & Gas, specifically onshore and offshore operators implementing gas flooding, WAG, or steam-foam EOR projects in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs.
- Specific operational use cases: Mobility control during CO₂, N₂, hydrocarbon gas, or steam injection; conformance improvement in high-permeability streaks; water shutoff assistance; profile modification in injection wells.
- Why this product performs better than alternatives: Engineered molecular architecture maintains foam stability under high salinity, high temperature, and in presence of crude oil — conditions where conventional AOS/ABS surfactants collapse. Reduces surfactant adsorption on rock by >40% vs. standard formulations.
- Efficiency, durability, or cost advantages: Low injection concentration of 0.2-0.5 wt% active reduces chemical OPEX. High resistance to shear degradation ensures durable foam propagation deep reservoir. Increases sweep efficiency to lower overall CO₂ utilization factor and lifting costs per incremental barrel.
4. Competitive Advantages
- Quality consistency: ISO 9001:2015 manufactured with batch-to-batch QC on foamability, thermal stability, and interfacial tension. CoA provided with every lot.
- Supply reliability: Dedicated production line with 5,000 MT/month capacity. Strategic inventory hubs in Houston, Rotterdam, Jebel Ali, and Singapore ensure 30-day lead times.
- Logistics capability: DG-certified for global sea and land freight. Experienced in ADR, IMDG, and REACH/GHS documentation for seamless customs clearance.
- Price competitiveness: Vertical integration on key intermediates enables tiered pricing for term contracts. Total cost of ownership 18-25% lower than comparable high-temperature foamers when adsorption and dosage are factored.
- Sustainability or environmental benefits: Readily biodegradable per OECD 301F. Low aquatic toxicity. Enables CCUS projects by improving CO₂ storage conformance and reducing fugitive emissions.
- Technical support or documentation availability: Full EOR lab support including core flood studies, compatibility testing, and field injection design. SDS, TDS, REACH, NSF, and field case histories available.
5. Commercial & Supply Information
- Minimum order quantity (MOQ): BULK 20MT
- Loading capacity (MT per container): 20 MT per 20ft FCL in IBCs; 21-22 MT per ISO tank







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