Fundamental aspects, mechanisms and emerging possibilities of CO2 miscible flooding in enhanced oil recovery: A review

N Kumar, MA Sampaio, K Ojha, H Hoteit, A Mandal - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Capturing carbon dioxide (CO 2) at its combustion point and thereby storing it in geological
sites or its usage for enhancing oil recovery (EOR) through miscible gas flooding technology …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the supercritical CO2 fluid applications for improved oil and gas production and associated carbon storage

SK Prasad, JS Sangwai, HS Byun - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Supercritical fluids find use in various areas in oil and gas production operations due to their
unique properties. Supercritical CO 2 (sc-CO 2) with its reduced viscosity, increased …

A Literature Review of CO2, Natural Gas, and Water-Based Fluids for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Unconventional Reservoirs

LC Burrows, F Haeri, P Cvetic, S Sanguinito, F Shi… - Energy & …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Primary oil recovery from fractured unconventional formations, such as shale or tight sands,
is typically less than 10%. The development of an economically viable enhanced oil …

Pore-network modeling of flow in shale nanopores: Network structure, flow principles, and computational algorithms

R Cui, SM Hassanizadeh, S Sun - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Hydrocarbons in subsurface nanoporous media, such as shale, are promising energy
resources to compensate for the shortage of conventional reservoirs. Pore-network …

Sticky layers affect oil transport through the nanopores of realistic shale kerogen

S Wang, Y Liang, Q Feng, F Javadpour - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Understanding the transport mechanism of hydrocarbons through kerogen nanopores is
crucial to shale oil production. However, existing studies primarily focus on single …

Pore-scale modelling of water sorption in nanopore systems of shale

T Zhang, S Luo, H Zhou, H Hu, L Zhang, Y Zhao… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Water vapor sorption in nanoporous media with complex pore structures, like shale, is not
well understood. To address this, a pseudopotential lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is …

Numerical trend analysis for factors affecting EOR performance and CO2 storage in tight oil reservoirs

FI Syed, T Muther, VP Van, AK Dahaghi, S Negahban - Fuel, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Improved oil recovery from tight oil reservoirs to fulfill the fossil fuel requirements and the CO
2 storage to meet the net carbon zero objectives are the two motivations of this work. CO 2 is …

Microscopic transport and phase behaviors of CO2 injection in heterogeneous formations using microfluidics

Y Guo, F Liu, J Qiu, Z Xu, B Bao - Energy, 2022‏ - Elsevier
CO 2 injection into the geological formations is a promising option to enhance oil recovery
while simultaneously contributing to carbon storage. Conventional core tests provide critical …

Nanoconfined fluids: What can we expect from them?

C Sun, R Zhou, Z Zhao, B Bai - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Nanoconfined fluids (NCFs), which are confined in nanospaces, exhibit distinctive
nanoscale effects, including surface effects, small-size effects, quantum effects, and others …

Pore-scale perspective of gas/water two-phase flow in shale

T Zhang, F Javadpour, J Li, Y Zhao, L Zhang, X Li - SPE Journal, 2021‏ - onepetro.org
The transport behaviors of both single-phase gas and single-phase water at nanoscale
deviate from the predictions of continuum flow theory. The deviation is greater and more …