Application of bare nanoparticle-based nanofluids in enhanced oil recovery

MS Alnarabiji, MM Husein - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanofluids offer many advantages over surfactant and polymer solutions during enhanced
oil recovery (EOR). This review discusses the current state and future prospects of …

Challenges and future of chemical assisted heavy oil recovery processes

M Ahmadi, Z Chen - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2020 - Elsevier
The primary method for heavy oil and bitumen production across the world is still in-situ
steam-based technology. There are some drawbacks associated with steam-driven heavy …

Experimental investigation of silica nanoparticle assisted Surfactant and polymer systems for enhanced oil recovery

D Joshi, NK Maurya, N Kumar, A Mandal - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery techniques are commonly used today in oil fields to boost oil
production. The objective of the present study is to investigate the use of silica nanoparticles …

Experimental investigation, binary modelling and artificial neural network prediction of surfactant adsorption for enhanced oil recovery application

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, MS Alnarabiji… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Throughout the application of enhanced oil recovery (EOR), surfactant adsorption is
considered the leading constraint on both the successful implementation and economic …

Re-thinking polyamide thin film formation: How does interfacial destabilization dictate film morphology?

I Nulens, AB Zvi, IFJ Vankelecom, GZ Ramon - Journal of Membrane …, 2022 - Elsevier
Unravelling synthesis-morphology-performance relations of thin-film polyamide (PA)
selective layers prepared via interfacial polymerization (IP) is essential for tailor-made …

Nanoparticle-modified gemini surfactant foams as efficient displacing fluids for enhanced oil recovery

N Pal, A Verma, K Ojha, A Mandal - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Surfactant-nanoparticle stabilized foams hold significant potential in the field of enhanced oil
recovery (EOR). This article discusses an experimental methodology to characterize foam …

Low salinity surfactant alternating gas/CO2 flooding for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs

R Phukan, R Saha - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant alternating gas/CO 2 (SAG) flooding is a promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
technology, which has the potential to improve oil production beyond primary and secondary …

Experimental study on the performance of emulsions produced during ASP flooding

AB Laben, HHA Kayiem, MA Alameen, JA Khan… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract ASP (Alkaline/Surfactant/Polymer) flooding is one of the most promising techniques
that has proven to have successful application in several laboratory and pilot tests. However …

Partitioning behaviour of novel surfactant mixture for high reservoir temperature and high salinity conditions

AF Belhaj, JABM Shuhli, KA Elraies, SM Mahmood… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Investigating the use of surfactants in high temperature and high salinity conditions can
assist expanding the application of surfactant-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to more …

Application of alkalis, polyelectrolytes, and nanoparticles for reducing adsorption loss of novel anionic surfactant in carbonate rocks at high salinity and temperature …

A Scerbacova, A Ivanova, P Grishin… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant and alkaline/surfactant/polymer (ASP) flooding are commonly used chemical
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. However, they are traditionally carried out in …