A review on application of nanoparticles for EOR purposes: history and current challenges

M Iravani, Z Khalilnezhad, A Khalilnezhad - Journal of Petroleum …, 2023 - Springer
Applications of nanotechnology in several fields of petroleum industry, eg, refinery, drilling
and enhanced oil recovery (EOR), have attracted a lot of attention, recently. This research …

Application of SiO2–water nanofluid to enhance oil recovery: A new hybrid optimization approach using pattern search and PSO algorithms

M Ramezanpour, M Siavashi - Journal of Thermal Analysis and …, 2019 - Springer
The present study aims to investigate effects of nanofluid flooding on EOR and also
compares its performance with water flooding in field scale using the published …

Recent advances in the application of nanoparticles: focus on enhanced oil recovery

LFJS Bernuy, AZ Mendiburu… - Journal of the Brazilian …, 2024 - Springer
In the current context, the growing interest of the scientific community in the application of
nanoparticles focused on enhanced oil recovery highlights the need to explore and analyze …

Experimental and statistical analysis of MWCNT hybrid nanofluid-based multi-functional drilling fluid

M Malika, A Pargaonkar, SS Sonawane - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
The current study developed a novel MWCNT-Fe2O3/water-based drilling fluid. Hybrid
nanofluids are a new type of nanofluids that are produced by dispersing multiple …

Two-phase modelling of the effects of pore-throat geometry on enhanced oil recovery

A Chauhan, F Salehi, S Jalalifar, SM Clark - Applied Nanoscience, 2021 - Springer
This study presents computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the effects of wettability,
viscosity and interfacial tension (IFT) for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) with varying pore …

The influence of SiO2 and Al2O3 nanofluids based on seawater on IFT reduction: EOR

M Al-Samhan, J Al-Fadhli - Nanotechnology for Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Water injection is a widespread technique used in the oil production sector to enhance the
oil recovery and expand the production life of a well. Using nanoparticles to further enhance …