Despite the progress made on renewable energy, oil and gas remains the world's primary
energy source. Meanwhile, large amounts of oil deposits remain unrecovered after …

The injected fluids in secondary processes supplement the natural energy present in the
reservoir to displace oil. The recovery efficiency mainly depends on the mechanism of …

Nanoparticles-stabilized foam has recently attracted increasing attention for enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) applications, largely due to the potentially high stability of these foams in the …

Research on nanotechnology application in the oil and gas industry has been growing
rapidly in the past decade, as evidenced by the number of scientific articles published in the …

The present review provides recent trend of nanotechnology in the upstream oil sector
research. The experimental developments in laboratory for possible field applications have …

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 …

One of the most significant current discussions in petroleum industry is the use of
nanotechnology to improve oil recovery. The aim of this study is the implication of silica …

Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are receiving substantial attention worldwide due
to the major decline in the available oil resources. However, lots of challenges and …

Nitrogen foam flooding is a promising technique for enhanced oil recovery, but instability of
the foam limits its application. In this article, partially hydrophobic modified SiO2 …

The relatively low density and viscosity of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in supercritical state create
several drawbacks, including gravity override, viscous fingering, water production/treatment …