A critical review on pore to continuum scale imaging techniques for enhanced shale gas recovery

D Chandra, V Vishal - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Imaging and image analysis of shale provides insights into the pore and fracture networks,
disposition of compositional elements, and signatures of diagenesis and fluid flow …

Microfluidics: an enabling screening technology for enhanced oil recovery (EOR)

VA Lifton - Lab on a Chip, 2016‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Oil production is a critical industrial process that affects the entire world population and any
improvements in its efficiency while reducing its environmental impact are of utmost societal …

A comprehensive review on screening, application, and perspectives of surfactant-based chemical-enhanced oil recovery methods in unconventional oil reservoirs

W Chen, X Geng, W Liu, B Ding, C **ong, J Sun… - Energy & …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Surfactant-based chemical-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods have been recognized to
be effective in both conventional and unconventional oil reservoirs. However, the nanopore …

[HTML][HTML] Microfluidic investigation of enhanced oil recovery: The effect of aqueous floods and network wettability

M Saadat, J Yang, M Dudek, G Øye, PA Tsai - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Rock wettability significantly influences underground oil extraction efficiency during
enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes. We experimentally examine the effect of wettability …

Surfactant selection for enhanced oil recovery based on surfactant molecular structure in unconventional liquid reservoirs

W Chen, DS Schechter - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Experimental observations and field applications have revealed that surfactants have
significant potential to enhance oil recovery in unconventional liquid reservoirs (ULR). This …

Toward reservoir-on-a-chip: rapid performance evaluation of enhanced oil recovery surfactants for carbonate reservoirs using a calcite-coated micromodel

W Yun, S Chang, DA Cogswell, SL Eichmann… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) plays a significant role in improving oil production. Tertiary
EOR, including surfactant flooding, can potentially mobilize residual oil after water flooding …

Screening improved recovery methods in tight-oil formations by injecting and producing through fractures

H Singh, J Cai - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Tight-oil reservoirs exhibit two characteristic behaviors that limit potential for improved
recovery:(i) limited fluid movement from the unfractured matrix limits the potential to sweep …

Surfactant huff-n-puff application potentials for unconventional reservoirs

PJ Shuler, Z Lu, Q Ma, Y Tang - SPE Improved Oil Recovery …, 2016‏ - onepetro.org
Abstract Improved Oil Reocvery (IOR) technologies may offer a new strategy to improve the
initial production (IP) and slow the production decline from oil-rich shale formations. Early …

Critical Review of Fluid Flow Physics at Micro‐to Nano‐scale Porous Media Applications in the Energy Sector

H Singh, RS Myong - Advances in Materials Science and …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
While there is a consensus in the literature that embracing nanodevices and nanomaterials
helps in improving the efficiency and performance, the reason for the better performance is …

Functionalized multiscale visual models to unravel flow and transport physics in porous structures

Y Zhang, H Khorshidian, M Mohammadi… - Water research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The fluid flow, species transport, and chemical reactions in geological formations are the
chief mechanisms in engineering the exploitation of fossil fuels and geothermal energy, the …