[HTML][HTML] The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a widespread interest in the different methods of chemical enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) as a result of the continuous decline in the conventional oil reserves and the …

Effect of nanoparticles on the performance of polymer/surfactant flooding for enhanced oil recovery: A review

O Tavakkoli, H Kamyab, M Shariati, AM Mohamed… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
It is well known that approximately 30% of Original Oil in Place (OOIP) is produced by water
flooding. Therefore, to improve the residual oil recovery, the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) …

Intelligent control of nanoparticle synthesis on microfluidic chips with machine learning

X Chen, H Lv - NPG Asia Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Nanoparticles play irreplaceable roles in optoelectronic sensing, medical therapy, material
science, and chemistry due to their unique properties. There are many synthetic pathways …

Application of magnetic nanoparticles in petroleum industry: A review

K Zhou, X Zhou, J Liu, Z Huang - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Due to the exclusive size effect, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) exhibit unique chemical,
mechanical and considerably different magnetic properties compared with conventional …

Application of microfluidics in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A review

M Fani, P Pourafshary, P Mostaghimi, N Mosavat - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR), various chemicals such as polymer,
surfactant, alkaline, and nanoparticles are injected solely or in combination to mobilize the …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology in enhanced oil recovery

G Cheraghian, S Rostami, M Afrand - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Nanoparticles (NPs) are known as important nanomaterials for a broad range of commercial
and research applications owing to their physical characteristics and properties. Currently …

SDS–aluminum oxide nanofluid for enhanced oil recovery: IFT, adsorption, and oil displacement efficiency

O Tavakkoli, H Kamyab, R Junin, V Ashokkumar… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Surfactant flooding is one of the most promising chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR)
methods to produce residual oil in reservoirs. Recently, nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted …

Experimental investigation of copper oxide nanofluids for enhanced oil recovery in the presence of cationic surfactant using a microfluidic model

LP Tuok, M Elkady, A Zkria, T Yoshitake… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microfluidics is an appealing technique for enhanced oil recovery since it offers numerous
advantages over traditional core flooding mechanisms due to their realistic representation of …

[HTML][HTML] Wettability alteration mechanisms in enhanced oil recovery with surfactants and nanofluids: a review with microfluidic applications

A Ratanpara, M Kim - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Modifying reservoir surface wetting properties is an appealing topic to the upstream oil and
gas industry for enhancing hydrocarbon recovery as the shifting of reservoir rock surface …

[HTML][HTML] Towards recent tendencies in drilling fluids: Application of carbon-based nanomaterials

R Ikram, BM Jan, J Vejpravova - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recently, the role of carbon nanomaterials has been widely demonstrated in various
industrial applications. Due to their unique chemical, physical, mechanical, and thermal …