Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques have the potential to improve recovery in
unconventional shale oil reservoirs which have prolific short-term success but elusive near …

The use of silica-based nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has received significant
attention recently. Aqueous dispersion of silica nanoparticles (< 100 nm) can improve oil …

Recently, nanoparticles have proven to enhance oil recovery on the core-flood scale in
challenging high-pressure high-temperature reservoirs. Nanomaterials generally appear to …

Recently, nanoparticles (NPs) have been proven to be effective chemical agents for
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) purposes. Many studies implemented various Nano-EOR …

Coreflood experiments were conducted to evaluate the impact of the initial rock wettability
on oil recovery during a tertiary oil recovery process using hydrophilic silica-based …

Nanotechnology is deemed to have excellent prospects in various sectors of the oil
industries because of its eco-friendliness and affordability. More specifically, it may be …

In this study, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques—namely low salinity and nanofluid
EOR—are probed at the nanometer-scale using an atomic force microscope (AFM). Mica …

A large number of core-flooding and micromodel experiments have examined the potential
of nanoparticles to increase oil recovery. The mechanism of enhanced oil recovery using …

In recent years, nanotechnology has become increasingly important in the upstream sector
of the oil and gas industry, in terms of both perspectives and practical applications …

Recently, polymer-coated nanoparticles were proposed for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
due to their improved properties such as solubility, stability, stabilization of emulsions and …