Ionic liquids as alternatives of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery—A state-of-the-art review

A Bera, H Belhaj - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2016 - Elsevier
Generally, surfactants are used to be considered as effective candidates in chemical
enhanced oil recovery due to their high-level performances of interfacial tension reduction …

Paradigm shift towards the sustainability in upstream oil industry for enhanced recovery-A state-of-art review

J Mariyate, A Bera - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability refers to achieving our goals without compromising the capacity of coming
generations to accomplish their aims. Sustainability is a multifaceted approach considering …

Mechanistic studies of enhanced oil recovery by imidazolium-based ionic liquids as novel surfactants

P Pillai, A Kumar, A Mandal - Journal of industrial and engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ionic liquids are recently considered as an alternation to surfactants for their application in
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) because of their promising surface-active properties. In the …

Synthesis and characterization of surface-active ionic liquids for their potential application in enhanced oil recovery

P Pillai, A Mandal - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
In enhanced oil recovery, most widely used combinations of chemical formulations
incorporate surfactants, polymers and alkalis, however, it is important to investigate alternate …

Recent advances in ionic liquids as alternative to surfactants/chemicals for application in upstream oil industry

A Bera, J Agarwal, M Shah, S Shah, RK Vij - Journal of Industrial and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The oil industry is in search of the stable chemicals that can be applied in drilling,
stimulation, enhanced oil recovery at high temperature and high salinity reservoirs …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery and its status in India

GK Pothula, RK Vij, A Bera - Petroleum Science, 2023 - Elsevier
India is currently producing crude oil from matured fields because of insufficient discoveries
of new fields. Therefore, in order to control the energy crisis in India, enhanced oil recovery …

Synthesis and physiochemical characterization of zwitterionic surfactant for application in enhanced oil recovery

A Kumar, A Mandal - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017 - Elsevier
Surfactant increases recovery of oil from reservoir by decreasing the interfacial tension (IFT)
between oleic and aqueous phase and changing wettability of reservoir rock from oil-wet to …

Utilization of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in oil operations: Progress and challenges

A Sanati, MR Malayeri, O Busse, JJ Weigand - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2022 - Elsevier
Unique properties of ionic liquids (ILs) and deep eutectic solvents (DESs) have given
impetus for widespread application in various fields of science, including the oil industry …

Mechanism studies on the application of the mixed cationic/anionic surfactant systems to enhance oil recovery

H Jia, P Lian, X Leng, Y Han, Q Wang, K Jia, X Niu… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Mixed cationic/anionic surfactant systems have showed great potential in various fields.
Ionic liquids with extraordinary physical and chemical properties are regarded as novel …

Mini-review on recent advances in the application of surface-active ionic liquids: petroleum industry perspective

P Pillai, M Maiti, A Mandal - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids have emerged as a promising new material for a wide range of industrial
applications, because of their unique structures and properties. Ionic liquids possess …