Nanoparticles behaviors in porous media: Application to enhanced oil recovery

J Foroozesh, S Kumar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Stability of nanofluids along with their promising properties has led to wide applications of
nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. Nanofluids that are colloidal …

Nanotechnology applied to thermal enhanced oil recovery processes: A review

OE Medina, C Olmos, SH Lopera, FB Cortés… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for fossil fuels and the depleting of light crude oil in the next years
generates the need to exploit heavy and unconventional crude oils. To face this challenge …

Field Applications of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry: Recent advances and perspectives

CA Franco, CA Franco, RD Zabala, I Bahamón… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
During the early 21st century, nanotechnology has stood strong in the oil and gas industry,
with many applications that have gone from laboratory and numerical simulation studies to …

In situ crosslinked weak gels with ultralong and tunable gelation times for improving oil recovery

H Yin, X Yin, R Cao, P Zeng, J Wang, D Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer-based in situ cross-linked gels have been widely used in improving the oil recovery
process; however, the insufficient and uncontrollable gelation time still deteriorates the …

An overview on nanosilica–polymer composites as high-performance functional materials in oil fields

MR Krishnan, H Omar, A Almohsin, EH Alsharaeh - Polymer Bulletin, 2024 - Springer
This review comprehensively summarizes potential applications of SiO2–polymer
composites especially in oil industries: enhanced oil recovery (EOR), loss circulation (LC) …

Mechanically robust and thermally enhanced sand‐polyacrylamide‐2D nanofiller composite hydrogels for water shutoff applications

MR Krishnan, A Almohsin… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report a facile preparation method for mechanically robust and thermally
enhanced sand‐polyacrylamide (PAM)‐2D‐nanofillers composite hydrogels and their …

A Review of Recent Developments in Nanomaterial Agents for Water Shutoff in Hydrocarbon Wells

A Ali, M Alabdrabalnabi, MA Ramadan, MS Aljawad… - ACS …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reducing water production from hydrocarbon wells is one of the major requirements to
prolong the life span of production wells. Gel treatment is commonly regarded as one of the …

Mechanistic insight into improving strength and stability of hydrogels via nano-silica

P Xu, Z Shang, M Yao, X Li - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In this investigation, the nanocomposite hydrogels were prepared by hydrophilic nanoscale
silica secondary crosslinking hydrolytic polyacrylamide (HPAM) hydrogel to improve its …

Insights into the key aspects influencing the rheological properties of polymer gel for water shutoff in fractured reservoirs

Q Wu, J Ge, L Ding, H Guo, W Wang, J Fan - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer based gels have been widely applied in the fractured reservoir for water shutoff and
enhancing oil recovery. In this study, a polymer gel system with long-gelation time and high …

Synthesis and characterization of cross-linked hydrogels using polyvinyl alcohol and polyvinyl pyrrolidone and their blend for water shut-off treatments

A Kumar, V Mahto, AK Choubey - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymer gels have been proved useful for profile control and reducing excess water
production from hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs. In the present work, gels consisting of …