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 …

Selection of suitable heat transfer fluid for heat dissipation is an important consideration in
the design of heat exchanging systems. Nanofluid, a colloidal mixture made of a base fluid …

Recently, spherical nanoparticles have been studied to enhance oil recovery (EOR)
worldwide owing to their remarkable properties. However, there is a lack of studies of …

Primary oil recovery from fractured unconventional formations, such as shale or tight sands,
is typically less than 10%. The development of an economically viable enhanced oil …

Thoroughly researching liquid-solid contact electrification can significantly enhance our
understanding of liquid energy harvesting, chemical processes, and geological …

Nanoparticles (NPs) are currently gaining wide acceptance in the field of petroleum
engineering. They are applied in different areas of petroleum exploration and production …

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the technical progress as well as updated
knowledge and understandings of IOR/EOR technologies for tight oil reservoirs. Critical and …

In many applications, there is a critical need for enhancing the poor thermal conductivity of
conventional fluids in order to develop efficient heat transfer fluids. This requirement can be …

Research on nanotechnology application in the oil and gas industry has been growing
rapidly in the past decade, as evidenced by the number of scientific articles published in the …

The present review provides recent trend of nanotechnology in the upstream oil sector
research. The experimental developments in laboratory for possible field applications have …