Due to superior surface activity and physicochemical properties, ionic liquids (ILs) have
been applied in petroleum industry in different ways, such as ILs-assisted solvent extraction …

Research is extensively ongoing on the application of ionic liquids (ILs) in technological
application, particularly its application in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Research in this …

Ionic liquids can substitute the commonly used surfactants as alternate chemicals or
solvents in enhanced oil recovery due to the superior performance to extract additional oil by …

The ionic liquids (ILs) are reported to perform well in enhancing the oil–solid separation (in
pure state or in solution) and oil–water separation (in solution) processes through interfacial …

In this paper, the performance of three imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) including 1-
hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([HMIM][Cl] or IL6), 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride …

Increasing demand and dwindling supply of crude oil have spurred efforts towards
enhancing heavy oil recovery. Recently, applications of ionic liquids (ILs) for heavy oil …

Ionic liquids (ILs) are a growing trend in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) studies as
alternatives to commercial surfactants due to their environmentally friendly nature, and their …

Generally, surfactants are used to be considered as effective candidates in chemical
enhanced oil recovery due to their high-level performances of interfacial tension reduction …

The oil industry is in search of the stable chemicals that can be applied in drilling,
stimulation, enhanced oil recovery at high temperature and high salinity reservoirs …

Ionic liquids are gaining much attention as green chemicals due to their unique properties
such as extremely low vapor pressure, high thermal and chemical stability, low toxicity and …