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 …

Nanofluid offers more opportunities and challenges over the traditional surfactant and
polymer solutions during enhanced oil recovery (commonly referred to as tertiary oil …

Recently, spherical nanoparticles have been studied to enhance oil recovery (EOR)
worldwide owing to their remarkable properties. However, there is a lack of studies of …

Nanoemulsions (NEs) are emerging as attractive injecting fluids for enhanced oil recovery
because of their abilities to reduce interfacial tension, alter the rock wettability, improve the …

Surfactant injection into a depleted hydrocarbon reservoir is one of the ways to reduce
residual oil saturation, thereby enhancing crude oil production. However, surfactants …

Injecting surfactant by means of chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) has acquired
predominant attention in improving oil recovery by changing either fluid/rock and/or …

Since conventional oil recovery techniques only produce a limited fraction of the original oil
in place (OOIP), the need for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) methods has become …

Ion flotation was used to remove copper (II), lead (II) and chromium (III) from simulated
wastewater using a new biodegradable biosurfactants, namely, sodium N …

With the increasing energy demand, oil is still an important fuel source worldwide. The
chemical flooding process is used in petroleum engineering to increase the recovery of …

Surfactants are widely used in washing, cosmetics, food, medicine, energy, construction,
and other industrial fields. Biomass based surfactants have attracted attention because of …