The Petroleum Technology Research Centre (PTRC),MITACS;graduate studies at the University of Regina all provided funding for this study
Surfactant flooding is a well-known chemical approach for enhancing oil recovery.Surfactant flooding has the disadvantage that it cannot withstand the harsh reservoir conditions.Improvements in oil recovery and releas...
funded by Fondo Francisco Jose de Caldas,MINCIENCIAS and Agencia Nacional de hidrocarburos(ANH)through contract No.112721-282-2023(Project 1118-1035-9300)with Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Medellin and PAREX RESOURCES COLOMBIA AG SUCURSAL。
The conservation of rheological and filtration properties of drilling fluids is essential during drilling operations.However,high-pressure and high-temperature conditions may affect drilling fluid additives,leading to...
Increasing world request for energy has made oil extraction from reservoirs more desirable.Many novel EOR methods have been proposed and utilized for this purpose.Using nanocomposites in chemical flooding is one of th...
The use of diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid(DTPA)chelating agent has shown promising results for enhanced oil recovery(EOR)in prior research.Several mechanisms,mainly resulting from rock-fluid interaction,have been ...
The authors sincerely appreciate the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.52074249,51874261);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2-9-2019-103).
Due to the low porosity and low permeability in unconventional reservoirs,a large amount of crude oil is trapped in micro-to nano-sized pores and throats,which leads to low oil recovery.Nanofluids have great potential...
This study was conducted to investigate the phenomenon of oil removal from inside pores using a self-designed microfluidic test kit.An artificial micromodel chip as a representation of porous rocks has been created wi...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41773110);the National Natural Science Foundation of China-Shandong Joint Fund(No.U2006214);the Shenzhen Science and Technology Research and Development Funds,China(No.JCYJ20180301171357901).
CQDs-doped TiO_(2)(C-TiO_(2))has drawn increased attention in recent because of its excellent catalytic performance.Understanding the transport of C-TiO_(2)in porous media is necessary for evaluating the environmental...
High water-cut has become a worldwide challenge for oil production.It requires extensive efforts to process and dispose.This entails expanding water handling facilities and incurring high power consumption costs.Polym...
the financial support provided by NSERC Discovery Grants to T. Babadagli (No: RES0011227) and H. Li (No. NSERC RGPIN 05394)。
Nickel nanoparticles can work as catalyst for the aquathermolysis reactions between water and heavy oil.A homogeneous and stable suspension is needed to carry the nickel nanoparticles into deeper reservoirs.This study...
financially supported by the Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council
Recently,nanoparticles have been used along with surfactants for enhancing oil recovery.Although the recent studies show that oil recovery is enhanced using nanoparticle/surfactant solutions,some effective parameters ...