Application and research prospect of functional polymer gels in oil and gas drilling and development engineering

Y Bai, Y Liu, K Yang, Y Lang - Gels, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymer gel materials are formed by physically crosslinking and chemically crosslinking to
form a gel network system with high mechanical properties and reversible performance. Due …

Microemulsions stabilized with nanoparticles for EOR: A review

LBL Santos, ACM Silva, KRO Pereira, C Moraes… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The global demand for energy sources is increasing every day. Despite advances in
sustainable energy sources, the oil and gas industry remains the world's primary source of …

Stability of the emulsion during the injection of anionic and cationic surfactants in the presence of various salts

H Garmsiri, S Jahani, Y Kazemzadeh, M Sharifi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Smart water injection is one of the engineering techniques to enhance oil recovery (EOR)
from carbonate and sandstone reservoirs that have been widely used in recent decades …

[HTML][HTML] Chitin nanocrystals: A promising alternative to synthetic surfactants for stabilizing oil-in-water emulsions

HS Hagar, SR Jufar, JH Lee, N Al-mahbashi… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oil-in-water emulsions are used in a variety of applications, but they are often unstable and
can break down over time due to different mechanisms such as flocculation and …

Machine learning approaches for estimating interfacial tension between oil/gas and oil/water systems: a performance analysis

F Yousefmarzi, A Haratian, J Mahdavi Kalatehno… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Interfacial tension (IFT) is a key physical property that affects various processes in the oil and
gas industry, such as enhanced oil recovery, multiphase flow, and emulsion stability …

A comprehensive review of nanotechnology applications in oil and gas well drilling operations

AM Alkalbani, GT Chala - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
The field of nanotechnology has shown promise in addressing major problems and
improving drilling effectiveness. An overview of the difficulties encountered during oil and …

The impact of grain size heterogeneity on the performance of low-salinity waterflooding in carbonate formations

A Toupchian, H Mahani, S Ayatollahi - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Low-salinity waterflooding (LSWF) is a proven enhanced oil recovery method for many
target fields. The efficiency of this technique depends on both operational factors as well as …

Characterizing the 2D single atom solutions to capture CO2 by the digital twin model

Y Wu, C Zhou, Y Li, C Zhang, Y Yu, G Wang - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
The digital twin model is developed to characterize the CO 2 capture by the Cu and B 2D
single atom solution (2DSAS). The key digital functions distributions f [], g [] and h [] …

Optimal design and nonlinear dynamic characteristics of titanium/steel drill pipe composite drill string for ultra-deep drilling

Q Liu, B Zhou, F Chen, N Li, J Xie, M Zhao, Q Di… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Titanium drill pipe have promising application prospects in ultra-deep drilling, but the
nonlinear dynamic characteristics of composite drill strings are very complex. It is very …

Investigation of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) method for modeling of two-phase flow through porous medium: application for drainage and imbibition …

M Mohammadi, M Shafiei, T Zarin, Y Kazemzadeh… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The drainage and imbibition processes are critical mechanisms in petroleum engineering.
These processes in a porous medium are controlled by surface forces and pressure …