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CO₂ Foam and CO₂ Polymer Enhanced Foam for Heavy Oil Recovery and CO₂ Storage

Energies, 2020
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) from heavy oil reservoirs is challenging. High oil viscosity, high mobility ratio, inadequate sweep, and reservoir heterogeneity adds more challenges and severe difficulties during any EOR method.
Ali Telmadarreie, Japan J Trivedi
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Investigating the role of carbon dots in modifying reservoir rock and fluid properties for enhanced oil recovery

Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) methods face limitations with conventional nanoparticles, which suffer from stability, cost, and environmental concerns.
Mehdi Razavifar, Hossein Torkzadeh, Tahmineh Parsa, Ehsan Esmaeilnezhad, Ali Khoshsima, Masoud Riazi   +5 more
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Experimental Pore-Scale Study of a Novel Functionalized Iron-Carbon Nanohybrid for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). [PDF]

Nanomaterials (Basel), 2021
Razavirad F, Shahrabadi A, Babakhani Dehkordi P, Rashidi A.   +3 more
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Impact of nanopore confinement on phase behavior and enriched gas minimum miscibility pressure in asphaltenic tight oil reservoirs

Scientific Reports
Miscible gas injection in tight/shale oil reservoirs presents a complex problem due to various factors, including the presence of a large number of nanopores in the rock structure and asphaltene and heavy components in crude oil.
Fatemeh Keyvani, Ali Safaei, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Masoud Riazi, Jafar Qajar   +4 more
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Nanotechnology Applications in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR)

International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM)
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) techniques are crucial for maximizing crude oil extraction from reservoirs, especially when traditional methods leave significant amounts of oil untapped. Recent advancements in nanotechnology have introduced innovative solutions to longstanding challenges in the oil industry.
openaire   +1 more source

Investigating the impact of the future carbon market on the profitability of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects; the case of oil fields in southern Iraq

Energy Conversion and Management: X
Carbon capture utilization and storage for enhanced oil recovery (CCUS-EOR) is considered a promising solution to meet future global energy needs while significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Rudha Khudhair Mohammed, Hooman Farzaneh
doaj   +1 more source

A study of the performance of the LSWA CO2 EOR technique on improvement of oil recovery in sandstones

Petroleum, 2019
Low salinity water is an emerging enhanced oil recovery (EOR) method that causes wettability alteration towards a favorable state to reduce residual oil saturation, while water alternating gas (WAG) is a proven EOR process that enhances oil recovery by ...
H. Al-Abri, P. Pourafshary, N. Mosavat, H. Al Hadhrami   +3 more
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Insights into the application of microfluidic platforms in enhanced oil recovery

Petroleum
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies are used to recover most of the trapped crude oil from our limited reserves. With the escalating energy demand, EOR will achieve substantial economic benefits and greatly help in the exploitation of natural oil ...
Fadi Dawaymeh, Elie Ayoub, Maryam Khaleel, Nahla Alamoodi   +3 more
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Insights from field applications of miscible gases based EOR for unconventional oil reservoirs: A review

Unconventional Resources
The oil industry has experienced notable changes due to the development of unconventional liquids rich reservoirs over the past decade. Shale oil reservoirs have become a primary focus for oil and gas investors as traditional onshore deposits have ...
Dheiaa Alfarge, Ahmed M. Aljarah, Najeh Alali   +2 more
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A Prudent Approach to Reduce CO₂ Emissions While Enhancing Oil Recovery

Fuels
Emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) resulting from steam-driven enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations present an environmental challenge as well as an opportunity to further enhance oil recovery.
Mohammad Al-Ghnemi, Erdal Ozkan, Hossein Kazemi   +2 more
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