Advances of spontaneous emulsification and its important applications in enhanced oil recovery process

Z Li, D Xu, Y Yuan, H Wu, J Hou, W Kang… - Advances in colloid and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emulsions, including oil-in-water (O/W) and water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions, can play important
roles in both controlling reservoir conformance and displacing residual oil for enhanced oil …

An optimized XGBoost method for predicting reservoir porosity using petrophysical logs

S Pan, Z Zheng, Z Guo, H Luo - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
To overcome the deficiencies of current porosity prediction methods, the XGBoost algorithm
is introduced to construct a model for porosity prediction, and the obtained model is …

Experimental studies on the changing characteristics of the gas flow capacity on bituminous coal in CO2-ECBM and N2-ECBM

L Zhang, J Li, J Xue, C Zhang, X Fang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Compared with the pre-modification technique, such as hydraulic fracturing, the gas injected
for enhanced coalbed methane recovery (ECBM) technique offers not only a good economic …

Nanopore structure of deep-burial coals explored by AFM

X Liu, D Song, X He, Z Wang, M Zeng, K Deng - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increase of mining depth, the complex burial conditions enhance the chemical and
physical heterogeneity of deep-burial coal. The accurate characterization of the nanopore …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainable development of unconventional resources: Analysis of the transient linear flow oriented straight-line analysis technique

D Xue, L Jiang, Z Wei, M Chai, J Liu, P Deng, F Lin, J Li… - Energy Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
On the backdrop of dwindling conventional reserves, unconventional reservoirs have
emerged as a pivotal chapter in resource extraction. Despite their challenges, such as low …

The influence of CO2 huff and puff in tight oil reservoirs on pore structure characteristics and oil production from the microscopic scale

X Huang, X Wang, M He, Y Zhang, Z Su, X Li, W Yang… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 huff-n-puff can store CO 2 and improve the recovery of tight oil reservoir. The
asphaltene precipitation produced by the interaction of CO 2 and oil causes damage to tight …

The microscopic pore crude oil production characteristics and influencing factors by DME-assisted CO2 injection in shale oil reservoirs

X Huang, Z Tian, X Zuo, X Li, W Yang, J Lu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
CO 2 injection into shale oil reservoirs can effectively enhance recovery while
simultaneously realizing geological storage. However, shale oil recovery by CO 2 injection …

Amphiphilic rhamnolipid molybdenum disulfide nanosheets for oil recovery

M Qu, J Hou, T Liang, P Qi - ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2021 - ACS Publications
Much attention has been directed toward amphiphilic nanosheets in diverse applications
owing to their remarkable properties. In this work, the rhamnolipid-molybdenum disulfide …

Permeability distribution and scaling in multi-stages carbonate damage zones: Insight from strike-slip fault zones in the Tarim Basin, NW China

G Wu, K Zhao, H Qu, N Scarselli, Y Zhang… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Architecture and permeability of fault damage zones are important for
understanding faulting mechanisms and fluid flow in fractured rocks. Nevertheless, this …

Machine learning and deep learning for mineralogy interpretation and CO2 saturation estimation in geological carbon Storage: A case study in the Illinois Basin

H Wang, S Williams-Stroud, D Crandall, C Chen - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a promising approach to simultaneously maintaining
energy security and reducing carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions under the current energy …