Influence of whey protein isolate on CO2 foams stability in three different types of crude oil by Said, Mohamed Sasi, Jaafar, Mohd. ZaidiJaafar, Omar, Shaziera, Sharbini, Sairoz Norazlan

“…The foam performance in the presence of oil plays an essential role in foam application in enhancing oil recovery. This study systematically investigated whey protein isolate (WPI), the effectiveness of foam generation, the effect of three types of crude oil, surfactant concentration on foam performance and oil-water interfacial tension (IFT). …”
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Comparing natural and synthetic polymeric nanofluids in a mid-permeability sandstone reservoir condition by Agi, Augustine, Junin, Radzuan, Gbadamosi, Afeez, Manan, Muhammad, Jaafar, Mohd. Zaidi, Abdullah, Mohammed Omar, Arsad, Agus, Azli, Nur Bashirah, Abdurrahman, Muslim, Yakasai, Faruk

“…However, previous studies on the use of biopolymeric nanofluids to enhance oil recovery focused only on adsorption and fluid injectivity at ambient condition. …”

Detailed investigation on the oxidation behavior and kinetic triplet of tight oil via TG-DSC-PDSC analyses by Hong Yin, Yafei Chen, Xutao You, Hua Tan, Mingyuan Wang, Donglin He, Haifeng Gong

“…It remains some barriers for continental tight oils to enhance oil recovery owing to low or ultra-low permeability in China. …”
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Integration of Profile Control and Thermal Recovery to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery by Qiuxia Wang, Wei Zheng, Jinxiang Liu, Bao Cao, Jingbin Hao, Xiangguo Lu, Kaiqi Zheng, Longchao Cui, Tianyu Cui, Huiru Sun

“…According to the experiments involving an inverted nine-point well pattern, the integrated technology of profile control and thermal recovery enhances oil recovery by 1.4% compared to of profile control or thermal recovery alone.…”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Oil Displacement Mechanism of Weak Gel in Waterflood Reservoirs by Hongjie Cheng, Xianbao Zheng, Yongbin Wu, Jipeng Zhang, Xin Zhao, Chenglong Li

“…Unlike the conventional profile-control methods, weak gels make it possible to displace the bypassed oil in the deep inter-well regions with significant potential to enhance oil recovery.…”
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Accelerated optimization of CO2-miscible water-alternating-gas injection in carbonate reservoirs using production data-based parameterization by Daniel Rodrigues dos Santos, André Ricardo Fioravanti, Vinicius Eduardo Botechia, Denis José Schiozer

“…Abstract Enhancing oil recovery in reservoirs with light oil and high gas content relies on optimizing the miscible water alternating gas (WAG) injection profile. …”
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A Computational Study of Polymer Solutions Flow Regimes during Oil Recovery from a Fractured Model by Dmitriy Guzei, Angelica Skorobogatova, Sofia Ivanova, Andrey Minakov

“…It has been established that, with an increase in the molecular weight and surface charge density of the polymer, the efficiency of its use for enhancing oil recovery increases. With an increase in the viscosity of the displaced oil, the effect of using the injection of the considered polymers also increases. …”
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Numerical Simulation Study on Temporary Well Shut-In Methods in the Development of Shale Oil Reservoirs by Qitao Zhang, Wenchao Liu, Jiaxin Wei, Arash Dahi Taleghani, Hai Sun, Daobing Wang

“…Field tests indicate that temporary well shut-ins may enhance oil recovery from a shale reservoir; however, there is currently no systematic research to specifically guide such detailed operations in the field, especially for the design of the shut-in scheme and multiple rounds of shut-ins. …”
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Stability of the emulsion during the injection of anionic and cationic surfactants in the presence of various salts by Hamid Garmsiri, Shahriar Jahani, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Mohammad Sharifi, Masoud Riazi, Reza Azin

“…Abstract Smart water injection is one of the engineering techniques to enhance oil recovery (EOR) from carbonate and sandstone reservoirs that have been widely used in recent decades. …”
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Identification of natural fractures in shale gas reservoirs using fracture signature function and machine learning models by Atif Ismail, Farshid Torabi, Saman Azadbakht, Qamar Yasin

“…Identifying fractures is important for optimizing recovery and enhancing oil recovery techniques. Identifying natural fractures using FMI and cores is expensive and unavailable for all wells. …”
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Past and future evolution of the onshore-offshore groundwater system of a carbonate archipelago: The case of the Maltese Islands, central Mediterranean Sea by Michele De Biase, Francesco Chidichimo, Aaron Micallef, Denis Cohen, Carl Gable, Thomas Zwinger

“…OFG has been proposed as an alternative solution to relieve water scarcity in coastal regions and to enhance oil recovery. Although OFG has been documented in most continental margins, we still have a poor understanding of the extent and flow characteristics of OFG systems, and their evolution through time. …”
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Experimental Study and Numerical Simulation of W/O Emulsion in Developing Heavy Oil Reservoirs by Kaixuan Wang, Pengcheng Liu, Bojun Wang, Chao Wang, Peng Liu, Jiu Zhao, Junwei Chen, Jipeng Zhang

“…In the process of waterflooding development of heavy oil, W/O emulsion has a strong ability to improve the mobility ratio and block the high-permeability layer, which can effectively improve the sweep coefficient and enhance oil recovery. In this paper, the stability and droplet size distribution of emulsions under different conditions were studied by taking heavy oil and formation water from Jimusar Oilfield in Xinjiang as samples. …”
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Research on Displacement Efficiency by Injecting CO₂ in Shale Reservoirs Based on a Genetic Neural Network Model by Shunli Qin, Juhua Li, Jingyou Chen, Xueli Bi, Hui Xiang

“…There are many controlling factors for CO₂ injection to enhance oil recovery in shale reservoirs, and the effect of field implementation varies greatly. …”
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Experimental Study on Carbon Dioxide Flooding Technology in the Lunnan Oilfield, Tarim Basin by Zangyuan Wu, Qihong Feng, Yongliang Tang, Daiyu Zhou, Liming Lian

“…These research findings provide valuable theoretical data to support the use of carbon dioxide flooding techniques for enhancing oil recovery.…”
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Pore structure, hydrocarbon occurrence and their relationship with shale oil production in Lucaogou Formation of Jimsar Sag, Junggar Basin by Jian WANG, Lu ZHOU, Jun JIN, Jin LIU, Jun CHEN, Huan JIANG, Baozhen ZHANG

“…Pore-throats distributed between 50 to 300 nm are difficult for the shale oil producing, which is the key to enhance oil recovery. Negative pressure and temperature rise can effectively improve the mobility of hydrocarbons in nano-scale pores.…”
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Enhancing ASP Flooding by Using Special Combinations of Surfactants and Starch Nanoparticles by Hasanain A. Al-Jaber, Agus Arsad, Sulalit Bandyopadhyay, Muslim Abdurrahman, Mohammad Yasin Abdulfatah, Augustine Agi, Suriatie Mat Yusuf, Abdulmunem R. Abdulmunem, Muhammad Tahir, Mustafa Jawad Nuhma

“…These findings of this study highlighted the potential of this modified ASP flooding to enhance oil recovery in mature oilfields, thereby offering valuable insights for oil industry.…”
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Characteristics of water alternating CO2 injection in low-permeability beach-bar sand reservoirs by Maolei Cui, Rui Wang, Zengmin Lun, Chengyuan Lv

“…The wider pore-size distribution range of microscopic residual oil after WAG injection shows great potential of enhancing oil recovery from subsequent continuous gas injection. …”
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Multi-stage hydraulic fracturing technology in a well with horizontal working face by Dmitry Leontiev, Nikolay Shamsutdinov, Yuri Vaganov, Adel Shalyapina, Denis Shalyapin, Maria Zhigalkovskaya

“… At present, hydraulic fracturing (HF) is still the most effective method of stimulating hydrocarbon flow and enhancing oil recovery in certain types of wells, particularly those with horizontal endings. …”
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Updating a reservoir geological model in order to optimize waterflooding when extracting residual oil reserves from stagnant zones by A. Kh. Shakhverdiev, S. V. Arefyev, A. A. Polishchuk, B. P. Vaynerman, R. R. Yunusov, A. V. Denisov

“…This technology is aimed, on the one hand, at reservoir pressure maintenance (RPM), and, on the other, at enhancing oil recovery and intensifying oil production. The negative consequences of non-stationary waterflooding can be the premature watering of the produced wells and the imbalance of the reservoir pressure maintenance system, as well as the formation of stagnant and weakly drained zones of the reservoir with residual reserves of hard-to-recover oil.Aim. …”
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Identification of Gas Channeling and Construction of a Gel-Enhanced Foam Plugging System for Oxygen-Reduced Air Flooding in the Changqing Oilfield by Tengfei Wang, Liangliang Wang, Haoliang Qin, Cong Zhao, Zongxian Bai, Xingbang Meng

“…The accurate identification of gas channeling channels during foam-assisted oxygen-reduced air flooding (FAORAF) and the analysis of the main controlling factors are essential to propose reasonable and effective countermeasures to enhance oil recovery (EOR). However, there are few comprehensive studies on identifying gas channeling channels, the influencing factors, and the corresponding plugging EOR systems in FAORAF. …”
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