A novel concept of treating oil reservoirs by nanofluids is being developed to improve oil
recovery and reduce the trapped oil in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Nanoparticles show great …

Asphaltene deposition in the reservoirs, tubbing, and surface facilities causes serious flow
assurance problems with significant economic implications. Asphaltene flow assurance …

In Colombia, the estimated reserves of crude oil are approximately 2.0 thousand million
barrels, decreasing by approximately 13% in the last year according to the National …

Janus nanoparticles (JNPs), as a new and special type of nanoparticles (NPs), have a great
potential to use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. The surfaces of JNPs have two …

Heavy and extra-heavy oils generally exhibit high viscosity, which is detrimental to their
production, transport, and refining. The oil and gas industry has thoroughly investigated the …

Nanoparticles (NPs) have been recently recognized as effective asphaltenes adsorbents
and deposition deterrents. The objective of this work is to provide a critical review and …

One of the most common sources of formation damage in tight reservoirs of gas-condensate
is condensate banking. The condensate level on the porous media reduces the effective …

Adsorption of asphaltene onto mineral or metal surface is an undesirable process with
several adverse effects such as wettability alteration, fouling pipelines/equipment …

Basic, amphoteric, and acidic metal oxide nanoparticles including MgO, CaO, SiO 2 and Al 2
O 3 were synthesized via the Pechini-type sol–gel process and evaluated for adsorption of …

With the continuous depletion of easy-to produce oil resources, the effective and low-cost
exploitation and upgrading of heavy oil becomes a key to alleviate the contradiction …