An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

AO Gbadamosi, R Junin, MA Manan, A Agi… - International Nano …, 2019 - Springer
Despite the progress made on renewable energy, oil and gas remains the world's primary
energy source. Meanwhile, large amounts of oil deposits remain unrecovered after …

A state-of-the-art review of nanoparticles application in petroleum with a focus on enhanced oil recovery

MN Agista, K Guo, Z Yu - Applied sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Research on nanotechnology application in the oil and gas industry has been growing
rapidly in the past decade, as evidenced by the number of scientific articles published in the …

Application of nanotechnology by means of nanoparticles and nanodispersions in oil recovery-A comprehensive review

A Bera, H Belhaj - Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The present review provides recent trend of nanotechnology in the upstream oil sector
research. The experimental developments in laboratory for possible field applications have …

Nanoparticles behaviors in porous media: Application to enhanced oil recovery

J Foroozesh, S Kumar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Stability of nanofluids along with their promising properties has led to wide applications of
nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects. Nanofluids that are colloidal …

[HTML][HTML] Application of nanotechnology for enhancing oil recovery–A review

C Negin, S Ali, Q Xie - Petroleum, 2016 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has attracted a great attention in enhancing oil recovery (EOR) due to the
cost-effective and environmental friendly manner. The size of nanoparticles for EOR usually …

Enhancement of surfactant flooding performance by the use of silica nanoparticles

M Zargartalebi, R Kharrat, N Barati - Fuel, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the most significant current discussions in petroleum industry is the use of
nanotechnology to improve oil recovery. The aim of this study is the implication of silica …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in application of nanotechnology in chemical enhanced oil recovery: Effects of nanoparticles on wettability alteration, interfacial tension …

JA Ali, K Kolo, AK Manshad, AH Mohammadi - Egyptian journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical methods of enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) are applied for improving oil recovery
from different kinds of oil reservoirs due to their ability for modifying some crucial parameters …

The synergistic effects of nanoparticle-surfactant nanofluids in EOR applications

M Almahfood, B Bai - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques are receiving substantial attention worldwide due
to the major decline in the available oil resources. However, lots of challenges and …

Review on application of nanoparticles for EOR purposes: A critical review of the opportunities and challenges

Y Kazemzadeh, S Shojaei, M Riazi, M Sharifi - Chinese Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have already gained attentions for their countless potential applications in
enhanced oil recovery. Nano-sized particles would help to recover trapped oil by several …

Current developments and future outlook in nanofluid flooding: A comprehensive review of various parameters influencing oil recovery mechanisms

F Yakasai, MZ Jaafar, S Bandyopadhyay… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilization of nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has attracted great attention in
recent decades. However, various constraints influence fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions …