In-situ heavy oil aquathermolysis in the presence of nanodispersed catalysts based on transition metals

FA Aliev, II Mukhamatdinov, SA Sitnov, MR Ziganshina… - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aquathermolysis process is widely considered to be one of the most promising
approaches of in-situ upgrading of heavy oil. It is well known that introduction of metal ions …

Applications of nanotechnology in oil and gas industry: Progress and perspective

B Peng, J Tang, J Luo, P Wang… - The Canadian journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Nanotechnology has been successfully implemented in many applications, such as
nanoelectronics, nanobiomedicine, and nanodevices. However, this technology has rarely …

In-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil using oil-soluble transition metal-based catalysts

MA Suwaid, MA Varfolomeev, AA Al-Muntaser, C Yuan… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, oil-soluble transition metal-based catalysts (Fe, Co, Ni) are proposed for
catalyzing aquathermolysis reactions in steam injection process for heavy oil production to …

Nanoparticles for enhancing heavy oil recovery: recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

W Zhou, C **n, Y Chen, RD Mouhouadi, S Chen - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Heavy oil is estimated to account for about 70% of the remaining oil reserves and
considered as the most promising and readily available oil resource to meet energy …

On the use of metallic nanoparticulated catalysts for in-situ oil upgrading

A Simão, E Domínguez-Álvarez, C Yuan, MA Suwaid… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
An exhaustive review on the application of different metal-based nanoparticles for the
upgrading of heavy oils has been performed. Particular emphasis has been put on those …

Experimental Study of Catalytically Enhanced Cyclic Steam-Air Stimulation for In Situ Hydrogen Generation and Heavy Oil Upgrading

P Afanasev, A Smirnov, A Ulyanova, E Popov… - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current study was performed for the experimental modeling of cyclic steam-air injection
in a heavy oil reservoir model of dual porosity in the presence of a nickel-based catalyst for …

Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis in one-pot pyrolysis of rice hull using renewable calcium oxide based catalysts

DKW Gan, ACM Loy, BLF Chin, S Yusup, P Unrean… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Thermodynamic and kinetic parameters of catalytic pyrolysis of rice hull (RH) pyrolysis using
two different types of renewable catalysts namely natural limestone (LS) and eggshells (ES) …

Using the oil-soluble copper-based catalysts with different organic ligands for in-situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil

MA Suwaid, MA Varfolomeev, AA Al-Muntaser… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Oil-soluble copper-based catalysts with different organic ligands (octanoate, decanoate,
oleate, and stearate) were proposed in this work for improving the upgrading processes. All …

In-situ upgrading and enhanced recovery of heavy oil from carbonate reservoirs using nano-catalysts: Upgrading reactions analysis

SM Elahi, CE Scott, Z Chen, P Pereira-Almao - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Exploitation of heavy/extra heavy oil is becoming challenging as it conventionally requires
injection of steam in high proportions, making it not environmentally friendly. In-situ …

Current status and future trends of in situ catalytic upgrading of extra heavy oil

Z Wu, H Chen, X Cai, Q Gou, L Jiang, K Chen, Z Chen… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In situ catalytic upgrading of heavy oil decomposes viscous heavy oil underground through
a series of complex chemical and physical reactions with the aid of an injected catalyst, and …