Nanoparticles (NPs) are currently gaining wide acceptance in the field of petroleum
engineering. They are applied in different areas of petroleum exploration and production …

A novel concept of treating oil reservoirs by nanofluids is being developed to improve oil
recovery and reduce the trapped oil in hydrocarbon reservoirs. Nanoparticles show great …

Porous materials have been extensively used in various engineering applications, due to
their promising thermal characteristics. Extensions of lean-burn limits as well as the low …

The slickwater treatment is widely used in the unconventional fracturing. The proppant
addition schedule is an important aspect of slickwater treatment. However, the effect of …

Injection of chemicals and thermal fluids in discovered petroleum reservoirs are becoming
more commonplace to achieve improved recovery and sustainability of oil/gas resources. A …

Effective coating of nanoparticles on the proppant pack has been regarded as a promising
technique for enhancing proppant functions to achieve multiple objectives. In this work, a …

To investigate the characteristics of oil distribution in porous media systems during a high
water cut stage, sandstones with different permeability scales of 53.63× 10− 3 μ m2 and …

The incompatibility between workover fluid and reservoir rock is one of the causes of
formation damage. Fines migration and clay swelling are considered as the major …

In-situ stress impact on hydraulic fracturing is investigated to enhance hydraulic fracturing
performance. Lithology-controlled lower and upper bounds of the horizontal stresses are …

Fines migration has impacted the efficiency of low salinity water flooding at reservoir
condition. However, previous studies on the use of nanoparticles to combat this problem …