Overview of methods for enhanced oil recovery from conventional and unconventional reservoirs

BV Malozyomov, NV Martyushev, VV Kukartsev… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In world practice, the role of reproduction of raw material base of oil production by
implementing modern methods of oil recovery enhancement (thermal, gas, chemical …

Review of the application of natural surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: state-of-the-art and perspectives

SM Hama, AK Manshad, JA Ali - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Injecting surfactant by means of chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) has acquired
predominant attention in improving oil recovery by changing either fluid/rock and/or …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on preparation of nanoparticle-surfactant nanofluids and their effects on coal surface wettability

G Wang, Y Li, E Wang, Q Huang, S Wang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the efficiency of coal seam water injection, the influence of nanofluids on coal
surface wettability was studied based on the nano drag reduction and injection …

Review on potential application of saponin-based natural surfactants for green chemical enhanced oil recovery: perspectives and progresses

CD Adenutsi, JN Turkson, L Wang, G Zhao… - Energy & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Synthetic chemical surfactants deployed in the petroleum industry to improve oil recovery to
meet growing global energy demand are described to have detrimental environmental …

Predicting dynamic contact angle in immiscible fluid displacement: a machine learning approach for subsurface flow applications

N Suetrong, T Tosuai, H Vo Thanh… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Immiscible fluid–fluid displacement dynamics is a crucial element to understanding and
engineering many subsurface flow applications, including enhanced oil recovery and …

Fines migration and permeability decline during reservoir depletion coupled with clay swelling due to low-salinity water injection: An analytical study

S Tangparitkul, A Saul, C Leelasukseree… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fines migration is crucial for reservoir permeability, involving both fine particle detachment
and re-deposition along the flow channels. Fines migration behavior can either promote or …

Influence of sequential changes in the crude oil-water interfacial tension on spontaneous imbibition in oil-wet sandstone

A Sukee, T Nunta, MA Haruna, A Kalantariasl… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Crude oil-water interfacial tension in petroleum reservoir is reduced or increased due to
surfactant injection or surfactant retention, respectively. Changes in the interfacial tension …

Adsorption of saponin natural surfactant on carbonate rock and comparison to synthetic surfactants: An enhanced oil recovery prospective

M Yusuf, MH Wathon, V Thanasaksukthawee… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfactant flooding is one technique of chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) aimed at
improving the microscopic displacement efficiency of trapped residual oil via reducing the oil …

Study on the main factors and mechanism of functional silica nanofluid spontaneous imbibition for enhanced oil recovery

M Zhao, Z Ma, X Song, W Wu, Y Sun, Y Cheng… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanofluids have shown great potential as chemical additives for enhanced oil recovery in
low-permeability reservoirs owing to their unique properties. However, their application in …

Effect of Na+ and K+ on the Modification of Low-Rank Coal by an Ionic Surfactant and Its Adsorption Mechanism

R Li, Y Zhou, B Albijanic, W Wang, X Gui - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
This study is dedicated to investigating the impacts of the inorganic salt concentration on low-
rank coal modified by ionic surfactants [dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) and …