Experimental and field applications of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery purposes: A review

S Davoodi, M Al-Shargabi, DA Wood… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil reservoir formation damage is a challenging issue associated with water and/or gas
reservoir flooding in secondary and tertiary oil recovery operations. Some enhanced oil …

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 comprehensive review of geothermal energy extraction and utilization in oilfields

K Wang, B Yuan, G Ji, X Wu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
By the nature of reliability, sustainability, abundant resource and minor impact on
environment, geothermal energy is considered as one of the future resources to meet the …

Combined micro-proppant and supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) fracturing in shale gas reservoirs: A review

CP Zhang, S Liu, ZY Ma, PG Ranjith - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The poor proppant-carrying capacity of SC-CO 2 fracturing (SCF) negates its potential
advantages for the exploitation of deep unconventional gas reservoirs over traditional water …

Chemical enhanced oil recovery and the role of chemical product design

P Druetta, P Raffa, F Picchioni - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The current and prospective worldwide energy demands have led either to start exploiting
the more difficult and costly unconventional oil reserves, or to maximize the exploitation of …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms causing injectivity decline and enhancement in geothermal projects

W Luo, A Kottsova, PJ Vardon, AC Dieudonné… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In geothermal projects, reinjection of produced water has been widely applied for disposing
wastewater, supplying heat exchange media and maintaining reservoir pressure …

Prediction of barium sulfate precipitation in dynamic tube blocking tests and its inhibition for waterflooding application using response surface methodology

A Khormali, S Ahmadi - Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production …, 2023 - Springer
Scale precipitation is one of the major problems in the petroleum industry during
waterflooding. The possibility of salt formation and precipitation should be monitored and …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-proppant placement in hydraulic and natural fracture stimulation in unconventional reservoirs: A review

M Aslannezhad, A Kalantariasl, Z You, S Iglauer… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Tight hydrocarbon reservoirs require stimulation to improve the recovery of oil and gas
resources. Hydraulic fracturing is a technique extensively employed in the oil and gas …

Self-sustaining smouldering combustion of waste: A review on applications, key parameters and potential resource recovery

HK Wyn, M Konarova, J Beltramini, G Perkins… - Fuel processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smouldering combustion, a phenomenon typically researched from a fire-safety perspective
has recently garnered attention for its applications as a soil remediation method and more …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on the degree and damage-control mechanisms of fuzzy-ball-induced damage in single and multi-layer commingled tight reservoirs

CJ Okere, JJ Sheng, LK Fan, XW Huang, LH Zheng… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuzzy-ball working fluids (FBWFs) have been successfully applied in different development
phases of tight reservoirs. Field reports revealed that FBWFs satisfactorily met all the …