Nanoparticles serve various purposes in the hydrocarbon industry which are utilized to
improve the volume of oil and gas production. Nanomaterials are used in petroleum …

The present review provides recent trend of nanotechnology in the upstream oil sector
research. The experimental developments in laboratory for possible field applications have …

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 …

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 …

In this review, an attempt has been taken to show the preferential selection criteria of
microemulsions and nanoemulsions for applications in enhanced oil recovery. This paper …

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 …

The application of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry is on the rise as evidenced by
the number of researches undertaken in the past few years. The quest to develop more …

Nanoparticles (NPs) have been considerably noticed in the oil and gas industries and
mainly in the enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods. They actually enhance the reservoir …

Although application of nanoparticles in enhanced oil recovery has been reported,
understanding the transport and retention of nanoparticles in the oilfield reservoir is still a …

Problem statement: Nanotech applications in the oil industry are not completely new:
nanoparticles have been successfully used in drilling muds for the past 50 years. Only …