Application of Nanoparticles for Oil Recovery

• Other Authors: Torsaeter, Ole (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; nanomaterials; pore throat size distribution; mercury injection capillary pressure; interfacial tension; contact angle; enhanced oil recovery; surfactant; nanoparticle; chemical flooding; nanocellulose; cellulose nanocrystals; TEMPO-oxidized cellulose nanofibrils; microfluidics; biopolymer; silica nanoparticles; nanoparticle stability; reservoir condition; reservoir rock; crude oil; nanoparticle agglomeration; polymer flooding; formation rheological characteristics; polymer concentration; recovery factor; mathematical model; nanoparticles; foam; CO2 EOR; CO2 mobility control; nanotechnology for EOR; nanoparticles stability; polymer-coated nanoparticles; core flood; EOR; wettability alteration; nanoparticle-stabilized emulsion and flow diversion; n/a
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The oil industry has, in the last decade, seen successful applications of nanotechnology in completion systems, completion fluids, drilling fluids, and in improvements of well constructions, equipment, and procedures. However, very few full field applications of nanoparticles as an additive to injec...