Changing the wetting state of materials is a growing field of research in many areas of
engineering and science. In the oil industry, the term wettability alteration usually refers to …

Ionic liquids are gaining much attention as green chemicals due to their unique properties
such as extremely low vapor pressure, high thermal and chemical stability, low toxicity and …

Chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) is a viable approach to recover the remaining oil
after primary and secondary recovery processes. The present work aims at assessing the …

Ionic liquids are eco-friendly chemicals having low melting point ie less than 100 C, low
vapor pressure, low toxicity, and high polarity. These are thermally and chemically stable as …

Ionic liquids containing imidazolium cations 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride, 1-butyl-3-
methylimidazolium nitrate, and 1-methyl-1 H-imidazol-3-ium-2-carboxybenzoate were …

Precipitation of asphaltenes in porous media undesirably influences oil recovery due to pore
clogging and subsequent wettability alteration. This study reports, primarily, the potential …

Asphaltene precipitation and deposition caused by temperature variation, pressure
depletion, and oil composition changes can result in formation damage, oil production …

In order to difficulties in producing large amount of crude oil and remaining oil by primary
and secondary oil recovery processes, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques have been …

In this communication, a novel approach for combined Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and
asphaltene inhibition is proposed employing a New Class of Asphaltene Inhibitor (NCAI) …

The main problem of new crude oil reserves is the incipient increase of heavy crude oils in
the American continent, ie USA, Mexico, Canada and Venezuela. These types of crude oils …