摘要 |
<p>A solid-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion and method for preparing the solids-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion. The oil-in-water emulsion is formed by combing oil, water, solid particles and a pH enhancing agent and mixing until the solid-stabilized oil-in-water emulsion is formed. The low viscosity oil-in-water emulsion can be used to enhance production of oil from subterranean reservoir. The low viscosity oil-in-water emulsion can also be used to enhance the transportation of oil through a pipeline. Figure 1 is a ternary diagram (114) representing fundamental shape groups for solids employed including plate (102), pie (104), bar (106), cylinder (108), cube (110) and sphere (112). The size of the particle solids may be measured by scanning probe microscope technique using a atomic force microscope.</p> |