Application of CFD technique to simulate enhanced oil recovery processes: current status and future opportunities

A Jafari, M Hasani, M Hosseini, R Gharibshahi - Petroleum Science, 2020‏ - Springer
Nowadays, because of the reduction in oil resources and the passage of the first and second
life period of current reservoirs, using enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods is of great …

Experimental investigation of CO2-oil interactions in tight rocks: A Montney case study

A Habibi, MR Yassin, H Dehghanpour, D Bryan - Fuel, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents comprehensive rock-fluid experiments to study the possibility of oil
recovery improvement when CO 2 is injected as a fracturing fluid in the Montney tight-oil …

Nuclear-magnetic-resonance monitoring of mass exchange in a low-permeability matrix/fracture model during CO2 cyclic injection: a mechanistic study

B Wei, K Gao, T Song, X Zhang, W Pu, X Xu, C Wood - SPE Journal, 2020‏ - onepetro.org
Recent reports have demonstrated that carbon dioxide (CO 2) injection can further raise the
oil recovery of fractured tight reservoirs after natural depletion, with major projects in …

[HTML][HTML] Development of CO2-Sensitive Viscoelastic Fracturing Fluid for Low Permeability Reservoirs: A Review

A Bakhsh, L Zhang, H Wei, A Shaikh, N Khan, Z Khan… - Processes, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
There are economic and technical challenges to overcome when increasing resource
recovery from low permeability reservoirs. For such reservoirs, the hydraulic fracturing plan …

Comparison of CO2 and Produced Gas Hydrocarbons to Recover Crude Oil from Williston Basin Shale and Mudrock Cores at 10.3, 17.2, and 34.5 MPa and 110 °C

SB Hawthorne, CB Grabanski, L **, NW Bosshart… - Energy & …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon gases including methane, ethane, propane, and produced
gas (69.5/21/9.5 mol ratio of methane/ethane/propane) were used to recover oil from rock …

Performance evaluation of a novel CO2-induced clean fracturing fluid in low permeability formations

A Shaikh, C Dai, Y Sun, Q You, AS Qureshi… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
After the limitations of polymer-based fracturing due to poor clean-up property during
flowback after fracturing treatment, viscoelastic surfactant (VES) received very huge attention …

Oil Recovery from Tight Reservoirs during Natural Depletion and Cyclic Gas Injection: An Experimental Study Using Live Fluids on a Fractured Reservoir Whole Core …

S Le Van, M Khishvand, M Akbarabadi, M Piri… - Energy & …, 2025‏ - ACS Publications
This study presents a highly novel and meticulously designed experimental approach to
investigate oil recovery due to natural depletion and cyclic huff-n-puff gas injection in …

Simulation study of water cut surge after CO2 injection in tight oil reservoirs

C Zhang, Y Tian, Y Shen, B Yao, YS Wu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Tight oil contributed to 64% of total US oil production in 2019. However, recovery factors
(RF) in tight oil reservoirs are low, typically less than 10% after primary depletion. Based on …

CO2-oil interactions in tight rocks: an experimental study

A Habibi, MR Yassin, H Dehghanpour… - SPE Canada …, 2017‏ - onepetro.org
This paper presents comprehensive rock-fluid experiments to study the possibility of oil
recovery improvement when CO2 is injected as a fracturing fluid in the Montney tight-oil …

Formation and rheology of CO2-responsive anionic wormlike micelles based clear fracturing fluid system

A Shaikh, C Dai, Y Sun, V Foutou, M Zhao… - Journal of Dispersion …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, a polymer-free fracturing fluid is under research to minimize the conductivity
damage in formation and fracture during and after fracturing. Through extensive …