Carbon dioxide applications for enhanced oil recovery assisted by nanoparticles: Recent developments

M Al-Shargabi, S Davoodi, DA Wood… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide (CO2) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has received significant attention due
to its potential to increase ultimate recovery from mature conventional oil reserves. CO2 …

[HTML][HTML] A review of recent developments in CO2 mobility control in enhanced oil recovery

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Petroleum, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery (CO 2-EOR) has gained widespread attention in light
of the declining conventional oil reserves. Moreover, CO 2-EOR contributes to the reduction …

A comprehensive review of viscoelastic polymer flooding in sandstone and carbonate rocks

M Zeynalli, M Mushtaq, EW Al-Shalabi, U Alfazazi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Polymer flooding is a proven chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (cEOR) method that boosts
oil production beyond waterflooding. Thorough theoretical and practical knowledge has …

Lost circulation materials for deep and ultra-deep wells: A review

L Pu, P Xu, M Xu, J Song, M He - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The number of deep wells and ultra-deep wells drilled worldwide is gradually increasing,
and the problem of deep well leakage has become one of the challenges in drilling. The …

Review of gel systems for CO2 geological storage leakage and conformance control for enhanced oil recovery: Mechanisms, recent advances, and future perspectives

Y Liu, Q Liu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
As a promising method of carbon emission reduction, carbon capture, utilization and storage
(CCUS) is an important technology to achieve carbon neutrality. CO 2 geological storage is …

In situ crosslinked weak gels with ultralong and tunable gelation times for improving oil recovery

H Yin, X Yin, R Cao, P Zeng, J Wang, D Wu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polymer-based in situ cross-linked gels have been widely used in improving the oil recovery
process; however, the insufficient and uncontrollable gelation time still deteriorates the …

Types and performances of polymer gels for oil-gas drilling and production: a review

S Lei, J Sun, K Lv, Q Zhang, J Yang - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer gels with suitable viscoelasticity and deformability have been widely used for
formation plugging and lost circulation control, profile control, and water shutoff. This article …

A comprehensive review of the chemical-based conformance control methods in oil reservoirs

PI Sagbana, AS Abushaikha - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and …, 2021 - Springer
The production of excess water during oil recovery creates not only a major technical
problem but also an environmental and cost impact. This increasing problem has forced oil …

Polymer Gels Used in Oil–Gas Drilling and Production Engineering

J Han, J Sun, K Lv, J Yang, Y Li - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Polymer gels are widely used in oil–gas drilling and production engineering for the
purposes of conformance control, water shutoff, fracturing, lost circulation control, etc. Here …

Review of recent advances in polyethylenimine crosslinked polymer gels used for conformance control applications

MA Ghriga, B Grassl, M Gareche, M Khodja… - Polymer Bulletin, 2019 - Springer
Several crosslinked polymer gels have been developed over the last 5 decades to address
the different technical challenges in oil reservoirs especially conformance control …