Laboratory evaluation to field application of ultrasound: A state-of-the-art review on the effect of ultrasonication on enhanced oil recovery mechanisms

A Agi, R Junin, MZ Jaafar, MA Sidek, F Yakasai… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ultrasonic applications have proven to be successful in the laboratory and in the field.
However, a review on the influence of ultrasound on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

[HTML][HTML] Review of the Interfacial Structure and Properties of Surfactants in Petroleum Production and Geological Storage Systems from a Molecular Scale Perspective

J Jia, S Yang, J Li, Y Liang, R Li, T Tsuji, B Niu, B Peng - Molecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Surfactants play a crucial role in tertiary oil recovery by reducing the interfacial tension
between immiscible phases, altering surface wettability, and improving foam film stability. Oil …

Effect of surfactant types on the foam stability of multiwalled carbon nanotube stabilized foam

X Li, C Pu, Y Bai, F Huang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiwalled Carbon nanotube (MWCNT) serves as one of emerging and attractive materials
for stabilizing foams due to its small size, special surface property and rod-like structure. The …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments, challenges, and prospects of ultrasound-assisted oil technologies

I Adeyemi, M Meribout, L Khezzar - Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been consistent drive towards research and innovation in oil production
technologies in order to achieve improved effectiveness and efficiency in their operation …

Acoustic stimulation of oil production by a downhole emitter based on a jet-driven Helmholtz oscillator

EA Marfin, RN Gataullin, AA Abdrashitov - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of oil fields by the most common waterflooding method leads to an
increase in the water cut of the recoverable oil and a low oil recovery factor (for Russia …

A novel foam flooding for enhanced oil recovery in fractured low-permeability reservoirs: performance evaluation and mechanism study

X Li, X Chen, Z Xu, C Pu - SPE Journal, 2022 - onepetro.org
Foam flooding is an effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology and has been widely
applied in conventional reservoirs. However, its application in fractured low-permeability …

The utilization of ultrasound for improving oil recovery and formation damage remediation in petroleum reservoirs: review of most recent researches

E Otumudia, H Hamidi, P Jadhawar, K Wu - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The ultrasound method is a low-cost, environmentally safe technology that may be utilized in
the petroleum industry to boost oil recovery from the underground reservoir via enhanced oil …

Effects of ultrasonic oscillations on permeability of rocks during the paraffinic oil flow

E Riabokon, E Gladkikh, M Turbakov… - Geotechnique …, 2023 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The paper shows that depending on the degree of blockage of the pore space due to
paraffin precipitation the ultrasonic treatment has different effects. If a part of permeable …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-assisted nanofluid flooding to enhance heavy oil recovery in a simulated porous media

A Agi, R Junin, MZ Jaafar, NAS Amin, MA Sidek… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein thermally treated empty fruit bunch SiO 2 nanoparticles (EFBSNP) was produced by
ultrasound-assisted wet-milling and their effectiveness in enhancing cavitation effect of …

A novel amphiphilic Janus nano-silica for enhanced oil recovery in low-permeability reservoirs: An experimental study

Y Bai, C Pu, S Liu, X Li, L Liang, J Liu - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The hydrophilic nano-silica (HNS) has become a research hotspot in multiple fields due to
its cost-effectiveness and environmental protection. However, due to the lack of the …