Application of bare nanoparticle-based nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery

MS Alnarabiji, MM Husein - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids offer many advantages over surfactant and polymer solutions during enhanced
oil recovery (EOR). This review discusses the current state and future prospects of …

Experimental investigation, binary modelling and artificial neural network prediction of surfactant adsorption for enhanced oil recovery application

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, MS Alnarabiji… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Throughout the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), surfactant adsorption is
considered the leading constraint on both the successful implementation and economic …

An overview on the significance of carbon-based nanomaterials in upstream oil and gas industry

SH Hajiabadi, H Aghaei… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology, as a groundbreaking domain in progressing a wide range of scientific
issues, has gained enormous interests in recent decades. However, among all the available …

Adsorption reduction of a gemini surfactant on carbonate rocks using formic acid: Static and dynamic conditions

S Kalam, SA Abu-Khamsin, S Patil, M Mahmoud… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactant flooding improves oil recovery by lowering the interfacial tension and/or altering
the reservoir rock's wettability. However, surfactant losses caused by adsorption on the …

Experimental study on the performance of emulsions produced during ASP flooding

AB Laben, HHA Kayiem, MA Alameen, JA Khan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract ASP (Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer) flooding is one of the most promising techniques
that has proven to have successful application in several laboratory and pilot tests. However …

Partitioning behaviour of novel surfactant mixture for high reservoir temperature and high salinity conditions

AF Belhaj, JABM Shuhli, KA Elraies, SM Mahmood… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigating the use of surfactants in high temperature and high salinity conditions can
assist expanding the application of surfactant-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to more …

Date-leaf carbon particles for green enhanced oil recovery

B Haq, MA Aziz, D Al Shehri, NS Muhammed, SI Basha… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Green enhanced oil recovery (GEOR) is an environmentally friendly enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) process involving the injection of green fluids to improve macroscopic and …

Experimental investigation of surfactant partitioning in pre-CMC and post-CMC regimes for enhanced oil recovery application

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, MS Alnarabiji, JABM Shuhli… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The applications of surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) have received more
attention in the past decade due to their ability to enhance microscopic sweep efficiency by …

Electromagnetic wave-induced nanofluid-oil interfacial tension reduction for enhanced oil recovery

FA Wahaab, LL Adebayo, AA Adekoya, JY Yusuf… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Interfacial tension (IFT) reduction is widely acknowledged as one of the prominent oil
recovery mechanism during nanofluid flooding enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Hence, in this …

Static adsorption evaluation for anionic-nonionic surfactant mixture on sandstone in the presence of crude oil at high reservoir temperature condition

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, JA Shuhili… - … Reservoir Evaluation & …, 2022 - onepetro.org
The application of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has revealed over the years
various challenges that impose limitations on the successful implementation of surfactant …