Fundamental aspects, mechanisms and emerging possibilities of CO2 miscible flooding in enhanced oil recovery: A review

N Kumar, MA Sampaio, K Ojha, H Hoteit, A Mandal - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO 2) at its combustion point and thereby storing it in geological
sites or its usage for enhancing oil recovery (EOR) through miscible gas flooding technology …

Carbon capture and sequestration technology for environmental remediation: A CO2 utilization approach through EOR

N Kumar, A Verma, T Ahmad, RK Sahu… - Geoenergy Science and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions present one of the world's most pressing issues as a
primary drive for climate change. This requires a viable solution through capture and storage …

Experimental study on fracture initiation and propagation in shale using supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing

X Zhang, Y Lu, J Tang, Z Zhou, Y Liao - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
Supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO 2) fracturing is a promising technology for developing
shale gas because it can effectively solve problems related to shale swelling and lack of …

Numerical trend analysis for factors affecting EOR performance and CO2 storage in tight oil reservoirs

FI Syed, T Muther, VP Van, AK Dahaghi, S Negahban - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Improved oil recovery from tight oil reservoirs to fulfill the fossil fuel requirements and the CO
2 storage to meet the net carbon zero objectives are the two motivations of this work. CO 2 is …

A critical review of the CO2 huff 'n'puff process for enhanced heavy oil recovery

X Zhou, Q Yuan, X Peng, F Zeng, L Zhang - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
Heavy oil resources have become increasingly important in recent years due to a reduction
in light oil production and an increase in energy consumption. A large number of heavy oil …

Characterizing pore-level oil mobilization processes in unconventional reservoirs assisted by state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance technique

X Zhang, B Wei, J You, J Liu, D Wang, J Lu, J Tong - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Rigorous characterizations of fluid contents, rock/fluid interactions, and pore-size
distributions are crucial in the development of unconventional resources. As a nonintrusive …

A comprehensive review of proppant transport in fractured reservoirs: Experimental, numerical, and field aspects

A Isah, M Hiba, K Al-Azani, MS Aljawad… - Journal of Natural Gas …, 2021 - Elsevier
The physics of proppant transport in fractured reservoirs is of great interest to the oil and gas
industry; nevertheless, the outcomes are controversial. This study provides a comprehensive …

Comprehensive review of carbonated water injection for enhanced oil recovery

C Esene, N Rezaei, A Aborig, S Zendehboudi - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Carbonated water injection (CWI) is a promising enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique in
which the dissolved CO 2 can transfer to the oil phase to improve the oil mobility and to …

Monitoring of CO2 and CO2 oil-based foam flooding processes in fractured low-permeability cores using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

S Li, Q Wang, K Zhang, Z Li - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
CO 2 flooding is an important method in CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) but is usually
accompanied by a low efficiency for the fractured low-permeability formation due to CO 2 …

Pore-scale monitoring of CO2 and N2 flooding processes in a tight formation under reservoir conditions using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR): A case study

B Wei, X Zhang, R Wu, P Zou, K Gao, X Xu, W Pu… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent reports have demonstrated that gas injection can improve oil recovery of tight
reservoirs after natural depletion, with major projects in progress worldwide. There is …