Experimental and field applications of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery purposes: A review

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil reservoir formation damage is a challenging issue associated with water and/or gas
reservoir flooding in secondary and tertiary oil recovery operations. Some enhanced oil …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery

A Sircar, K Rayavarapu, N Bist, K Yadav, S Singh - Petroleum Research, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Surface modification of nanoparticles to improve oil recovery Mechanisms: A critical review of the methods, influencing Parameters, advances and prospects

EN Ngouangna, MZ Jaafar, MNAM Norddin… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has a lot of benefits
however, the usage of bare NPs still has a few drawbacks, including instability …

Impact of nanoparticles stability on rheology, interfacial tension, and wettability in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A critical parametric review

N Lashari, T Ganat, KA Elraies, MA Ayoub… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are extensively used at lab scale to improve physicochemical characteristics
like interfacial tension, wettability, rheological behavior in different hydrocarbon recovery …

Paradigm shift towards the sustainability in upstream oil industry for enhanced recovery-A state-of-art review

J Mariyate, A Bera - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability refers to achieving our goals without compromising the capacity of coming
generations to accomplish their aims. Sustainability is a multifaceted approach considering …

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 …

An overview of current and prognostic trends on synthesis, characterization, and applications of biobased silica

B Tessema, G Gonfa… - … in Materials Science …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Silica has shown numerous applications in different fields such as environmental,
biomedical, agriculture, and even in chemical processing. However, due to high energy …

The effect of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles on wettability and brine-oil interfacial tension as enhance oil recovery mechanisms

EN Ngouangna, MZ Jaafar, M Norddin, A Agi… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
A novel concept of utilizing nanoparticles (NPs) to boost oil recovery and reduce entrapped
oil in hydrocarbon reservoirs is being explored. The use of nanofluids (NFs) flooding to …

Experimental investigation of GO-HPAM and SiO2-HPAM composite for cEOR: Rheology, interfacial tension reduction, and wettability alteration

D Kumar, T Ganat, N Lashari, MA Ayoub… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The interest in designing and developing polymeric nanoparticles has grown in recent
years. The inclusion of nanoparticles in polymer solutions enhances several properties …