Experimental and field applications of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery purposes: A review

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil reservoir formation damage is a challenging issue associated with water and/or gas
reservoir flooding in secondary and tertiary oil recovery operations. Some enhanced oil …

Carbon dioxide applications for enhanced oil recovery assisted by nanoparticles: Recent developments

M Al-Shargabi, S Davoodi, DA Wood… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide (CO2) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has received significant attention due
to its potential to increase ultimate recovery from mature conventional oil reserves. CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery

A Sircar, K Rayavarapu, N Bist, K Yadav, S Singh - Petroleum Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles serve various purposes in the hydrocarbon industry which are utilized to
improve the volume of oil and gas production. Nanomaterials are used in petroleum …

Comprehensive review on stability and demulsification of unconventional heavy oil-water emulsions

J Ma, M Yao, Y Yang, X Zhang - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Unconventional petroleum ores have been considered to be an important part of petroleum
resources and an important alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Extremely …

Machine-learning-based prediction of oil recovery factor for experimental CO2-Foam chemical EOR: Implications for carbon utilization projects

HV Thanh, DS Dashtgoli, H Zhang, B Min - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) using CO 2 injection is promising with economic and
environmental benefits as an active climate-change mitigation approach. Nevertheless, the …

Nanoparticles as foam stabilizer: Mechanism, control parameters and application in foam flooding for enhanced oil recovery

Y Zhang, Q Liu, H Ye, LL Yang, D Luo… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, numbers of studies have been conducted by using nanoparticles as novel foam
stabilizer to enhance oil recovery (EOR). However, previous studies have not classified the …

Nanoparticles for enhancing heavy oil recovery: recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

W Zhou, C Xin, Y Chen, RD Mouhouadi, S Chen - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heavy oil is estimated to account for about 70% of the remaining oil reserves and
considered as the most promising and readily available oil resource to meet energy …

[HTML][HTML] A Comprehensive Review of the Role of CO2 Foam EOR in the Reduction of Carbon Footprint in the Petroleum Industry

A Bello, A Ivanova, A Cheremisin - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
By trapping CO2 and storing it in matured and depleted geological formations, atmospheric
CO2 release can be reduced. Carbon capture and storage on a large scale can help to …

Impact of nanoparticles stability on rheology, interfacial tension, and wettability in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A critical parametric review

N Lashari, T Ganat, KA Elraies, MA Ayoub… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are extensively used at lab scale to improve physicochemical characteristics
like interfacial tension, wettability, rheological behavior in different hydrocarbon recovery …

Visualization study of CO2-EOR in carbonate reservoirs using 2.5 D heterogeneous micromodels for CCUS

Q Lv, R Zheng, T Zhou, X Guo, W Wang, J Li, Z Liu - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO 2-EOR) is one of the significant technologies to
increase oil production and also to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbonate reservoirs …