Nanoparticles serve various purposes in the hydrocarbon industry which are utilized to
improve the volume of oil and gas production. Nanomaterials are used in petroleum …

Chemical methods of enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) are applied for improving oil recovery
from different kinds of oil reservoirs due to their ability for modifying some crucial parameters …

The major challenges facing oil production during/after secondary recovery include oil
entrapment by water and high water mobility. Hence, currently, Enhanced Oil Recovery …

Recently, nanofluids' application in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) studies has been severely
confined in low saline environments due to instability. In this study, a novel nanofluid was …

The worldwide demand of energy sources is increasing day by day. The trend of growing
interest on renewable products is also increasing widely. Regardless of the advances of …

Polymer and low-salinity water flooding have been shown, repeatedly, to be effective
methods for chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (cEOR). The benefits are obtained by …

Nanoparticles (NPs) have shown showed a promising role in improving oil recovery as
potential enhanced oil recovery (EOR) agents. In this study, one-pot green technique was …

Generally, crude oil production in mature oil reservoirs is difficult. In this regard, some
nanoparticles have been used to upgrade injected water into oil reservoirs. These …

Oil reservoirs around the world are facing issues with the extraction ability of the accessible
natural resources in the oil fields. Recent investigations on oil recovery have revealed that …

Surfactants and other chemicals are commonly used to improve oil recovery by altering
wettability, improving the mobility ratio and reducing the interfacial tension (IFT). Currently …