A state-of-the-art review of nanoparticles application in petroleum with a focus on enhanced oil recovery

MN Agista, K Guo, Z Yu - Applied sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Research on nanotechnology application in the oil and gas industry has been growing
rapidly in the past decade, as evidenced by the number of scientific articles published in the …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the development and demulsification processes applied for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions

W Faisal, F Almomani - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The formation of stable emulsions is a fundamental problem in oil industry that can result in
a sequence of environmental and operational problems. Chemical demulsification is …

Advances on the transition-metal based catalysts for aquathermolysis upgrading of heavy crude oil

C Li, W Huang, C Zhou, Y Chen - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Utilization of the abundant heavy crude oil resources has been accepted as an effective
approach to tackle the shortage of light oil supply in the coming decades. However, the high …

Binder free electrodeposition fabrication of NiCo2O4 electrode with improved electrochemical behavior for supercapacitor application

M Kaur, P Chand, H Anand - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
The supercapacitor is a ground-breaking energy storage device that has exploded in
popularity in recent decades. The present study demonstrated a binder-free …

Advanced nanomaterials for catalysis: Current progress in fine chemical synthesis, hydrocarbon processing, and renewable energy

M Khalil, GTM Kadja, MM Ilmi - Journal of Industrial and Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
The application of advanced nanomaterials for catalysis has attracted much attention as it
offers many benefits due to their unique physicochemical properties. Nevertheless, the …

NiCu bimetallic nanoparticles on silica support for catalytic hydrolysis of ammonia borane: composition-dependent activity and support size effect

K Guo, Y Ding, J Luo, M Gu, Z Yu - ACS Applied Energy Materials, 2019 - ACS Publications
NiCu bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) with different Ni/Cu compositions are controllably
synthesized by tuning the ratio of Ni and Cu acetylacetonate precursors in the presence of …

Heavy crude oil upgrading using nanoparticles by applying electromagnetic technique

J Taheri-Shakib, A Shekarifard, H Naderi - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The upgrading of heavy oil is one of the most important processes in heavy oil recovery due
to the low quality of these types of oil. In this study, the effects of nanomaterials of Fe …

[HTML][HTML] A novel experimental nanofluid-assisted steam flooding (NASF) approach for enhanced heavy oil recovery

OA Alomair, AF Alajmi - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The need to minimize in situ heat loss and reduce steam consumption are the main
challenges in using steam injection as an enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method for heavy …

Facile one-pot biogenic synthesis of Cu-Co-Ni trimetallic nanoparticles for enhanced photocatalytic dye degradation

AA Alshehri, MA Malik - Catalysts, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biomolecules from plant extracts have gained significant interest in the synthesis of
nanoparticles owing to their sustainable properties, cost efficiency, and environmental …

Electromagnetic field's effect on enhanced oil recovery using magnetic nanoparticles: Microfluidic experimental approach

M Hasani, A Jafari - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The enhanced oil recovery methods such as thermal, chemical, and flooding methods have
been utilized for increasing the production of residual oil in reservoirs. In recent years, some …