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A comprehensive review on interaction of nanoparticles with low salinity water and surfactant for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone and carbonate reservoirs
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In this paper, the authors reviewed the effects of NPs in low salinity water (LSW) and surfactant on the IFT of sandstone and carbonate reservoirs.About:
This article is published in Fuel.The article was published on 2019-04-01. It has received 200 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Enhanced oil recovery & Water injection (oil production).read more
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The use of surfactants in enhanced oil recovery: A review of recent advances
Osama Massarweh,Ahmad Abushaikha +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the role of surfactants in oil recovery, surfactant adsorption onto reservoir rock, and the application of polysilicon in EOR on both laboratory and field scales is discussed.
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A comprehensive review of asphaltene deposition in petroleum reservoirs: Theory, challenges, and tips
TL;DR: A comprehensive review of the asphaltene precipitation/deposition that helps to further understand the governing mechanisms, thermodynamic behaviors, and transport phenomena prospects in this area is provided in this article.
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An updated review on the influential parameters on thermal conductivity of nano-fluids
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of nano-particle size, their volume fraction, temperature, aspect ratio, base-fluid, nano inclusions, additive, and pH on thermal conductivity of hybrid nano-fluids is investigated.
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Polymeric and low molecular weight shale inhibitors: A review
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a review of the mechanisms of clay swelling, techniques used for the measurement of clay, and various inhibitors used to prevent clay swelling in wellbore formations.
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A review of development methods and EOR technologies for carbonate reservoirs
TL;DR: In this article, the development methods and EOR technologies of carbonate reservoirs are systematically summarized, the relevant mechanisms are analyzed, and the application status of oil fields is catalogued.
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Influence of brine composition and fines migration on crude oil/brine/rock interactions and oil recovery
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TL;DR: In this paper, a single reservoir sandstone core was tested with repeated waterfloods and it was shown that potentially mobile fine particles play a key role in the sensitivity of oil recovery to salinity.
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Spreading of nanofluids on solids
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TL;DR: Video microscopy is used to demonstrate both the two-dimensional crystal-like ordering of charged nanometre-sized polystyrene spheres in water, and the enhanced spreading dynamics of a micellar fluid, at the three-phase contact region, which suggest a new mechanism for oily soil removal—detergency.
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Salinity, Temperature, Oil Composition, and Oil Recovery by Waterflooding
Guo-Qing Tang,Norman R. Morrow +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of aging and displacement temperatures and brine and oil composition on wettability and the recovery of crude oil by spontaneous imbibition and waterflooding has been investigated.