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Nano Technology Assistance in Operating and Enhancing Oil Recovery

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 August 2023) | Viewed by 1090

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Aly Anis Hamouda

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Department of Energy and Petroleum Engineering, University of Stavanger, 4036 Stavanger, Norway
Interests: nano technology; EOR; CO2; CO2sc for fracturing; heavy oil recovery and gas technology
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue (SI) seeks high-quality submissions geared towards advances in the application of nanotechnology for assisting oil recovery. The scope of the submissions covers (but is not limited to) nanofluids, nano-emulsion, nano-foams, subsurface adsorption, transport of NPs, stabilization and surface functionalization, wettability alteration, interfacial tension reduction, modelling of nano-EOR processes,  heavy oil degradation, addressing the synergies between NPs, and other EOR techniques, such as CO2, low salinity, etc. In short, nanofluid interactions, process mechanisms, and the added benefits are the focus of this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Aly Anis Hamouda
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • enhance oil recovery
  • nano emulsion
  • nano foams
  • subsurface adsorption and transport of nanoparticles
  • stabilization and surface functionalization
  • wettability alteration
  • interfacial tension
  • heavy oil recovery, kinetics adsorption
  • preparation of nano particles

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Development of a Novel High-Temperature Microemulsion for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Tight Oil Reservoirs
by Lixiao Xiao, Jirui Hou, Weiju Wang and Infant Raj
Materials 2023, 16(19), 6613; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16196613 - 9 Oct 2023
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This work focuses on the development of a novel high-temperature microemulsion for enhanced oil recovery in tight oil reservoirs. Microemulsions are a type of mixture that has properties of both liquids and solids; they have shown significant potential for improving oil recovery through [...] Read more.
This work focuses on the development of a novel high-temperature microemulsion for enhanced oil recovery in tight oil reservoirs. Microemulsions are a type of mixture that has properties of both liquids and solids; they have shown significant potential for improving oil recovery through spontaneous imbibition. Herein, a high-temperature-tolerant lower-phase microemulsion using a microemulsion dilution method was developed. The properties and morphological characteristics of the microemulsion were evaluated and proposed a mechanism for enhanced spontaneous imbibition oil recovery using imbibition tests and CT scanning technology. The results of the study showed that the optimum concentration of the microemulsion was 0.2 wt% and that it had good thermal stability, small droplet size, lower interfacial tension, good wettability alteration ability, and minimum adsorption loss. The imbibition and CT experiments demonstrated that the reduction in oil/solid adhesion was due to the synergistic effect of IFT reduction and wettability alteration and the ability to increase the imbibition distance through a larger self-driving force. The study concludes that the solubilization coefficient and self-driving force were defined and calculated to quantitatively analyze the imbibition mechanisms and the results showed that the reduction in oil/solid adhesion was due to the synergistic effect of IFT reduction and wettability alteration and the ability to increase the imbibition distance through a larger self-driving force. Full article
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