<p> </p><p>TITLE PAGE</p><p>CERTIFICATION</p><p>DEDICATION</p><p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT</p><p>TABLE OF CONTENT</p><p>LIST OF TABLES</p><p>LIST OF FIGURES</p><p>ABBREVIATIONS</p><p>ABSTRACT</p><p><strong>

Chapter ONE

: &nbsp; </strong></p><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>1.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Overview of Study</p><p>1.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Objectives of study</p><p>1.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Statement of problem</p><p>1.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Significance of Study</p><p>1.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Scope/Limitation of study</p><p>1.5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Hypothesis</p><p>1.6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Research questions</p><p>1.7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Research methodology</p><p><strong>

Chapter TWO

: &nbsp; &nbsp;</strong></p><p>LITERATURE REVIEW</p><p>2.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Why surfactant polymer flooding?</p><p>2.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Review of surfactants</p><p>2.1.1 Types of surfactants</p><p>2.1.1.1 &nbsp; Anionic surfactants</p><p>2.1.1.2 &nbsp; Non – ionic surfactants</p><p>2.1.1.3 &nbsp; Cationic surfactants</p><p>2.1.1.4 &nbsp; Zwitterionic (amphoteric) surfactants</p><p>2.1.2 &nbsp; Micro-emulsion and CMC</p><p>2.1.3 &nbsp; Phase behaviour</p><p>2.1.3.1 &nbsp; Phase behaviour observation</p><p>2.1.4 &nbsp; Surfactant Retention</p><p>2.1.5 &nbsp; Surfactant mechanisms</p><p>2.1.5.1 &nbsp; Interfacial tension</p><p>2.1.5.2 &nbsp; Capillary number</p><p>2.1.6 &nbsp; Surfactant flooding and types</p><p>2.1.6.1 &nbsp; Micellar/polymer flooding</p><p>2.1.6.2 &nbsp; Alkaline Surfactant polymer (ASP) flooding</p><p>2.1.7 &nbsp; Surfactant Evaluation</p><p>2.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; Polymer/polymer flooding</p><p>2.2.1 &nbsp; Polymer</p><p>2.2.2 &nbsp; Types of polymer</p><p>2.2.2.1 &nbsp; Synthetic polymers</p><p>2.2.2.2 &nbsp; Biopolymers</p><p>2.2.3 &nbsp; Characteristics of polymers used for IOR processes</p><p>2.2.3.1 &nbsp; Hydratibility</p><p>2.2.3.2 &nbsp; Rheology</p><p>2.2.4 &nbsp; Polymer flooding</p><p>2.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Polymer augmented surfactant flooding</p><p>2.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Successful applications and researches so far</p><p>2.4.1 &nbsp; Shengli Oilfield, SINOPEC</p><p>2.4.2 &nbsp; Dagang Oilfield</p><p>2.4.3 &nbsp; Other research work on SP flooding</p><p><strong>

Chapter THREE

:</strong></p><p>RESEARCH METHODOLOGY</p><p>3.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Research methodology</p><p>3.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Materials and equipment used</p><p>3.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cores</p><p>3.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Preparation of reagents</p><p>3.3.1 &nbsp; Brine preparation</p><p>3.3.2 &nbsp; Chemical slug preparation</p><p>3.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Crude oil properties</p><p>3.5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experimental set-up</p><p>3.6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Determining porosity</p><p>3.7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experimental procedure</p><p><strong>CHAPTER:</strong></p><p>RESULT AND DISCUSSION</p><p>4.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Results and discussion.</p><p>4.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oil flooding (drainage)</p><p>4.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Water-flooding.</p><p>4.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experiment 1 – Core A</p><p>4.4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experiment 2 – Core B</p><p>4.5 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experiment 3 – Core T</p><p>4.6 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Experiment 4 – Core R</p><p>4.7 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Discussion</p><p><strong>

Chapter FIVE

:</strong></p><p>CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION</p><p>5.0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Conclusions and recommendation</p><p>5.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Recommendations.</p> <br><p></p>