Nowadays, the output of light crude oil is approaching its peak, which has shifted the
attentions of petroleum industry to a large quantity of heavy oil and bitumen in order to offset …

Background Ionic liquids have received a lot of interest in recent years from scientists and
academics due to their distinctive qualities, including low vapor pressure, low toxicity, high …

Utilization of the abundant heavy crude oil resources has been accepted as an effective
approach to tackle the shortage of light oil supply in the coming decades. However, the high …

Steam-based technologies are promising procedures with great potential for the recovery of
heavy oil reserves. Particularly, catalytic aquathermolysis has been identified as a relevant …

In this paper, the performance of three imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) including 1-
hexyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([HMIM][Cl] or IL6), 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride …

Dynamic viscosity for twenty-seven ionic liquids involving ions with molecular structures
selected to infer the effects of molecular structure on fluids' viscosity is reported in this work …

Water-and solvent-based ex situ extraction processes have been employed to extract
bitumen from mineable oil sands. On the other hand, bitumen is recovered in situ from …

The main objective of this work is to synthesize and evaluate magnetite (Fe3O4)
nanoparticle-based ferrofluids for reducing the viscosity of an extra heavy crude oil. The …

Solvent extraction has been widely used to obtain bitumen from oil sands. In addition,
several methods have been used to enhance solvent extraction processes, including the …

There is increasing interest in new multi-purpose chemicals for EOR in carbonate reservoirs,
because of their oil wet nature that prevents oil from being produced. A new chemical …