[HTML][HTML] The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances

O Massarweh, AS Abushaikha - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, there is a widespread interest in the different methods of chemical enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) as a result of the continuous decline in the conventional oil reserves and the …

[HTML][HTML] Surfactants employed in conventional and unconventional reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery—A review

OT Isaac, H Pu, BA Oni, FA Samson - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continuous depletion of crude oils in the reserves, and continuous rise in energy
demand, there is currently a widespread interest in various methods of chemical enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] A review of fluid displacement mechanisms in surfactant-based chemical enhanced oil recovery processes: Analyses of key influencing factors

A Bashir, AS Haddad, R Rafati - Petroleum Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant-based oil recovery processes are employed to lower the interfacial tension in
immiscible displacement processes, change the wettability of rock to a more water-wet …

A review on surfactant retention on rocks: mechanisms, measurements, and influencing factors

S Kalam, SA Abu-Khamsin, MS Kamal, S Patil - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Surfactants play a vital role in chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR). The amount of
surfactant loss caused by retention during flooding through reservoir rock is still a challenge …

Current developments and future outlook in nanofluid flooding: A comprehensive review of various parameters influencing oil recovery mechanisms

F Yakasai, MZ Jaafar, S Bandyopadhyay… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilization of nanoparticles for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has attracted great attention in
recent decades. However, various constraints influence fluid-fluid and fluid-rock interactions …

Comprehensive review on the role of nanoparticles and nanofluids in chemical enhanced oil recovery: interfacial phenomenon, compatibility, scalability, and …

US Behera, S Poddar, MP Deshmukh… - Energy & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Chemical-enhanced oil recovery (chemical-EOR) is a unique strategy that employs chemical
agents with special properties for enhancing crude oil recovery from matured reservoirs …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis and application of rice husk silica nanoparticles for chemical enhanced oil recovery

A Agi, R Junin, MZ Jaafar, R Mohsin, A Arsad… - Journal of materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Silica (SiO 2) nanoparticles were synthesized from rice husk (RH) via wet milling method
and evaluated for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications. Physical properties of RH-SiO …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the mechanisms of low salinity water/surfactant/nanoparticles and the potential synergistic application for c-EOR

SSS Lim, H Elochukwu, J Nandong, Z Bennour… - Petroleum …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical enhanced oil recovery (c-EOR) is a conventional and promising strategy to
recover oil from reservoir techniques such as low salinity water flooding (LSWF), surfactant …

Application of polymeric nanofluid in enhancing oil recovery at reservoir condition

A Agi, R Junin, MO Abdullah, MZ Jaafar, A Arsad… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, ascorbic acid was used to synthesize Cissus populnea nanoparticles (CPNP).
The synthesized CPNP was isolated and the influence of the process variables on the …

Comparing natural and synthetic polymeric nanofluids in a mid-permeability sandstone reservoir condition

A Agi, R Junin, A Gbadamosi, M Manan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biopolymeric nanofluids have been proposed as an eco-friendly substitute to synthetic
polymeric nanofluids to cut cost and environmental effect. However, previous studies on the …