Oil recoveries from medium and heavy oil reservoirs under natural recovery production are
small because of the high viscosity of the oil. Normal water flooding procedures are usually …

Polymers increase the macroscopic efficiency of the flooding process and increase crude oil
recovery. The viscosity of 3 polymers xanthan, guar, and Arabic gums is measured in the lab …

Abstract Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) is a researching area targeted at mobilizing
reservoir trapped oil. Several applications of EOR technology provides an added possibility …

High technical and financial risks are involved in exploring and exploiting new fields; hence,
greater focus has placed on the development of environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and …

Reservoirs producing heavy crude oil (gravities< 20) pose serious production challenges
due to oil's highly viscous nature. The risks of optimizing oil production from these reserves …

Oil refinery is one of the fast growing industries across the globe and it is expected to
progress in the near future. The worldwide increase in the generation of refinery wastewater …

Enhanced oil recovery techniques are deployed to subsequently improve oil production
having already employed primary or secondary recovery techniques or both methods …

Applications of nanotechnology are frequently used in the oil and gas sector. However,
nanoparticles boost sand consolidation, lower interfacial tension between water and oil, and …

Reservoirs producing heavy crude oil (gravities< 20) pose serious production challenges
due to oil's highly viscous nature. The risks of optimizing oil production from these reserves …

Nanotechnology is one of the emerging technologies with unique functionalities and great
potential in the removal of pollutants from waste water. Nanoparticle mediated waste water …