Xanthan gum in aqueous solutions: Fundamentals and applications

EM Nsengiyumva, P Alexandridis - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Xanthan gum is a naturally occurring polysaccharide obtained from Xanthomonas
campestris. The xanthan gum backbone consists of β-d-glucose linked like in cellulose. The …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances on the application of low salinity waterflooding and chemical enhanced oil recovery

A Gbadamosi, S Patil, D Al Shehri, MS Kamal… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is used to retrieve capillary trapped and bypassed oil in the
reservoir. Accordingly, laboratory and field applications of chemical EOR (CEOR) methods …

A mechanistic study of low salinity water-based nanoparticle-polymer complex fluid for improved oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

RK Saw, A Singh, NK Maurya, A Mandal - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Low salinity water flooding has gained tremendous attention in these days due to its cost-
effectiveness and environment-friendly nature. Fine tuning of physico-chemical properties of …

[HTML][HTML] Fluid–rock interactions and its implications on EOR: Critical analysis, experimental techniques and knowledge gaps

A Isah, M Arif, A Hassan, M Mahmoud, S Iglauer - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Characterization of fluid–rock interactions is essential for a broad range of
subsurface applications such as understanding fluid flow in porous medium and enhanced …

Advances of supramolecular interaction systems for improved oil recovery (IOR)

Z Li, W Kang, H Yang, B Zhou, H Jiang, D Liu… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improved oil recovery (IOR) includes enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and other technologies
(ie fracturing, water injection optimization, etc.), have become important methods to increase …

Experimental studies on effectiveness of graphene oxide nanosheets dispersion in water/aqueous PHPA for enhanced oil recovery

D Joshi, NK Maurya, A Mandal - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle application in enhanced oil recovery is emerging as a novel technology
because of their unique characteristics, viz. reduction of IFT, wettability alteration, and stable …

Enhancing heavy-oil-recovery efficiency by combining low-salinity-water and polymer flooding

Y Zhao, S Yin, RS Seright, S Ning, Y Zhang, B Bai - SPE Journal, 2021 - onepetro.org
Combining low-salinity-water (LSW) and polymer flooding was proposed to unlock the
tremendous heavy-oil resources on the Alaska North Slope (ANS). The synergy of LSW and …

Mechanistic modeling of hybrid low salinity polymer flooding: Role of geochemistry

EW Al-Shalabi, W Alameri, AM Hassan - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Low salinity polymer (LSP) based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique is getting more
attention due to its potential of improving both displacement and sweep efficiencies …

Synthesis and molecular dynamics simulation of amphoteric hydrophobically associating polymer

J Cheng, H Yang, J Gao, X Gu, X Yu, G Su… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the practical issues of poor temperature and salt tolerance of polymers, a new
amphoteric monomer (E)-N-(docos-13-enoyl)-N-methylglycine named CQ was developed …

Nanoparticle-assisted surfactant/polymer formulations for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs: from molecular interaction to field application

AO Mmbuji, R Cao, Y Li, X Xu, EX Ricky - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
There has been some success with polymer and surfactant injections into depleted
sandstone reservoirs for reducing residual oil saturation and improving oil recovery …