Air injection as a thermal method for heavy oil recovery has a long history of about a century.
However, it has not been widely applied in oilfields to date because of many challenges …

Nanoparticles have emerged as agents and coagents in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
domain owing to their versatile capabilities. They can potentially enhance the retrieval of oil …

Research on novel and green nanocomposites (NCs) that are synthesized from safe
materials has many advantages and is very favored among researchers. Green and novel …

Production from heavy oil reservoirs faces challenges, such as accumulating heavy
hydrocarbon materials like asphaltenes near the wellbore, resulting in low recovery rates. To …

The efficiency of cloisite 30B nanoclay is assessed for the first time as a foaming agent to
determine how these nanoparticles (NPs) affect the stability of the CO2 foam. The results of …

Carbon dioxide flooding is of interest due to its high oil-sweep efficiency for enhanced oil
recovery and contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. However, when CO …

Production from heavy asphaltenic oil reservoirs poses several challenges that require new
and innovative techniques for improved production and recovery. The main objective of this …

The complicated composition of crude oils increases the difficulties in understanding their
complex oxidation mechanism and catalysis in an air injection enhanced oil recovery (EOR) …

Thermal methods, particularly the in situ steam-based practices, used for oil production from
oil sands and heavy oil reservoirs are the leading technology for enhanced oil recovery …

Carbon nanostructures exhibit unique physicochemical properties and play a significant role
in modern and advanced technologies. Carbon dots (CDs) are a subset of carbon-based …