Currently, there is a widespread interest in the different methods of chemical enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) as a result of the continuous decline in the conventional oil reserves and the …

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 …

The suspension of different nanoparticles into various conventional thermal fluids to
synthesize nanofluids has been proven to possess superior thermal, optical, tribological …

Nanoparticles are extensively used at lab scale to improve physicochemical characteristics
like interfacial tension, wettability, rheological behavior in different hydrocarbon recovery …

Quantum dots (QDs) are getting special attention due to their commendable optical
properties and applications. Conventional metal-based QDs have toxicity and non …

Graphene is a material formed with carbon atoms connected by sp2 hybridization. It is
extremely strong and very ductile, and is superhydrophobic and superlipophilic. It has …

This paper presents a bibliometric analysis of nanofluid research for the first time. Data of
publications on nanofluid research were sourced from the Scopus® database spanning …

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 …

Ultrasmall carbon nanomaterials show enormous potential in the development of
unconventional oil resources for reducing injection pressure and improving oil recovery …

Nanomaterials have shown significant performances in enhancing oil recovery by reducing
the interfacial tension (IFT) and contact angle (CA) of the rock/crude oil/water system in …