A comprehensive review of beneficial applications of viscoelastic surfactants in wellbore hydraulic fracturing fluids

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydraulic fracturing integrates key technologies assisting in the establishment, increase,
and stabilization of gas and oil production. In particular, the performance of the working …

A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil

A Karthick, B Roy, P Chattopadhyay - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

[HTML][HTML] Application of nanomaterial for enhanced oil recovery

T Liang, JR Hou, M Qu, JX Xi, I Raj - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanofluid offers more opportunities and challenges over the traditional surfactant and
polymer solutions during enhanced oil recovery (commonly referred to as tertiary oil …

Perspectives of Foam Generation Techniques and Future Directions of Nanoparticle-Stabilized CO2 Foam for Enhanced Oil Recovery

S Bhatt, S Saraf, A Bera - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Global demand for energy is increasing day by day rapidly as a result of the population,
industrial, and economic growth of developing countries, especially in emerging market …

Preparation and characterization of antioxidant gel foam for preventing coal spontaneous combustion

L Ma, X Fan, G Wei, Y Sheng, S Liu, X Liu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
New antioxidant gel foam is prepared to improve its stability and effectiveness in preventing
coal spontaneous combustion. The physicochemical composite inhibitor is prepared by …

Nanoparticle stabilized oil in water emulsions: A critical review

D Arab, A Kantzas, SL Bryant - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermal recovery techniques and solvent-based EOR methods are not applicable in many
of thin post cold heavy oil production with sands (CHOPS) heavy oil reservoirs in Western …

The synergistic role of silica nanoparticle and anionic surfactant on the static and dynamic CO2 foam stability for enhanced heavy oil recovery: An experimental study

J Zhao, F Torabi, J Yang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
CO 2 foam is a promising candidate in enhanced oil recovery and reducing anthropogenic
CO 2 emission through geo-sequestration due to its CO 2 mobility control ability. However …

Effective exploitation of anionic, nonionic, and nanoparticle-stabilized surfactant foams for petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated soil remediation

N Ali, M Bilal, A Khan, F Ali, HMN Iqbal - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
Contaminated environments posed serious threats to the ecosystems and their living beings.
Suitable preventive approaches should be adopted for effective remediation of …

Nanotechnology for oilfield applications: Challenges and impact

HC Lau, M Yu, QP Nguyen - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology is the design and application of engineered or naturally occurring
nanoparticles with at least one dimension of the order of 1–100 nm to accomplish specific …

Foams Stabilized by In Situ-Modified Nanoparticles and Anionic Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery

W Yang, T Wang, Z Fan, Q Miao, Z Deng, Y Zhu - Energy & Fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
Foams have been widely used in oilfields for effective profile control and displacement.
However, foams stabilized by surfactants lack long-term stability, especially in an oil …