Impact of nanoparticles stability on rheology, interfacial tension, and wettability in chemical enhanced oil recovery: A critical parametric review

N Lashari, T Ganat, KA Elraies, MA Ayoub… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are extensively used at lab scale to improve physicochemical characteristics
like interfacial tension, wettability, rheological behavior in different hydrocarbon recovery …

Identification of novel applications of chemical compounds to change the wettability of reservoir rock: A critical review

E Jafarbeigi, S Ayatollahi, Y Ahmadi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although significant efforts have been made in research areas related to Enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) and the role of rock wettability alteration (WA) at reservoir conditions using …

Synergistic effect of nanoparticles and polymers on the rheological properties of injection fluids: implications for enhanced oil recovery

S Al-Anssari, M Ali, M Alajmi, H Akhondzadeh… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
New nanotechnology-based approaches are increasingly being investigated for enhanced
oil recovery (EOR), with a particular focus on heavy oil reservoirs. Typically, the addition of a …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of nanofluid thermophysical properties on enhanced oil recovery in a heterogenous porous media

A Al-Yaari, DLC Ching, H Sakidin… - Case Studies in …, 2024 - Elsevier
To accurately simulate nanofluid flooding for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in oil reservoirs, it
is essential to consider the porous media's heterogeneity. This heterogeneity causes …

Co-precipitation and grafting of (3-Aminopropyl) triethoxysilane on Ferro nanoparticles to enhance oil recovery mechanisms at reservoir conditions

F Yakasai, MZ Jaafar, MA Sidek… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
After primary and secondary recovery processes, a substantial amount of oil remains
trapped in the reservoir due to pressure and reservoir heterogeneity. Iron oxide …

Enhanced oil recovery mechanism by surfactant-silica nanoparticles imbibition in ultra-low permeability reservoirs

M Zhao, Y Cheng, Y Wu, C Dai, M Gao, R Yan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the low permeability, small pore throat and poor pore connectivity of ultra-low
permeability reservoirs, the development technology of ultra-low permeability reservoirs is …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of modified graphene oxide (GO) nanofluid on wettability and IFT changes: Experimental study for EOR applications

E Jafarbeigi, F Salimi, E Kamari, M Mansouri - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) offers a practical
approach to resolving some surface-related problems encountered in contemporary …

[HTML][HTML] The enhancement of performance and imbibition effect of slickwater-based fracturing fluid by using MoS2 nanosheets

H Xu, Y Li, GL Yu, SS Yang, BJ Li, FJ Zhou, ED Yao… - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Slickwater-based fracturing fluid has recently garnered significant attention as the major fluid
for volumetric fracturing; however, lots of challenges and limitations such as low viscosity …

[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 …

Experimental study of the low salinity water injection process in the presence of scale inhibitor and various nanoparticles

A Khormali, MR Koochi, MA Varfolomeev… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2023 - Springer
In this work, the process of low salinity water injection (LSWI) into reservoirs at various salt
concentrations was simulated in order to study the change in the oil recovery factor during …