[HTML][HTML] Nanoparticle-reinforced foam system for enhanced oil recovery (EOR): Mechanistic review and perspective

XC Tang, YQ Li, ZY Liu, N Zhang - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Boosted by economic development and rising living standards, the world's carbon dioxide
emissions remain high. Maintaining temperature rises below 1.5° C by the end of the century …

Advancing foam EOR: A comprehensive Examination of key parameters and mechanisms from surfactants to nanoparticles

NR Dadi, NK Maurya, P Gupta - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
Different enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been implemented in oil fields over the
past decades. Gas flooding is widely used, but its effectiveness is hindered by mobility …

Magnetic quantum dots-stabilized foam fluid for enhanced oil recovery

C Du, Z Chang, H Yu, Y Zhu, Y Ma, G Ma, Y Yan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-stabilized foam fluid provided excellent efficiency in tertiary oil recovery, and a
more appealing technique is to exploit reusable low-dimensional nanomaterials, which can …

Investigation of the plugging capacity and enhanced oil recovery of flexible particle three-phase foam

Z Wang, Z Cao, S Li, S Li - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
In the later stage of water flooding in reservoirs, the oil production decreases. The stability of
three-phase foam system is strong, enhancing oil displacement effects of ultrahigh water cut …

Effect of surfactant types on the foam stability of multiwalled carbon nanotube stabilized foam

X Li, C Pu, Y Bai, F Huang - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiwalled Carbon nanotube (MWCNT) serves as one of emerging and attractive materials
for stabilizing foams due to its small size, special surface property and rod-like structure. The …

Study of the Enhanced Oil Recovery Mechanism and Remaining Oil State of Heavy Oil after Viscosity-Reducer-Assisted CO2 Foam Flooding: 2D Microvisualization …

W Shi, Y Ma, L Tao, N Zhang, C Ma, J Bai, Z Xu… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Although traditional viscosity-reducer-assisted water flooding can improve heavy oil
recovery, it does not have a sufficient advantage over expanding the sweep range and …

Laboratory tests and field pilot of foam-assisted deoxidized-air flooding in a low-permeability sandstone reservoir

W Xiao, J Ren, W Pu, C Yuan, L Meng, L Zheng… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Foam-assisted deoxidized-air flooding is a promising technique for improving oil recovery,
particularly in low-permeability oil reservoirs. However, significant differences in …

A comparative analysis of the effect of nanoparticles/surfactant assisted foam injection on the gas mobility control at different heterogeneities

S Khandoozi, P Pourafshary, S Aidarova, A Sharipova - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Foam flooding is a popular method for increasing oil recovery in reservoirs with varying
levels of heterogeneity. One common foam flooding technique is surfactant-assisted foam …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of enhanced oil recovery by fuzzy-ball fluid as a novel oil-displacement agent

X Wang, M Gan, X Yang, P Zhang, X Peng, Y Ju, Y Kou… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Fuzzy-ball fluid is a two-phase fluid composed of fuzzy-ball and base fluid. It can enhance oil
recovery by approximately 30% after water flooding and polymer flooding, which has been …

Low-salinity water flooding by a novel hybrid of nano γ-Al2O3/SiO2 modified with a green surfactant for enhanced oil recovery

A Khajeh Kulaki, SM Hosseini-Nasab, F Hormozi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This paper introduces a hybrid enhanced oil recovery (HEOR) method that combines a low-
salinity water flooding (LSWF) and nanoparticles (NPs) stabilized with a green surfactant …