An Experimental Investigation of Silica Nanoparticles Effect on the Rheological Behavior of Polyacrylamide Solution to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery

Maghzi, A.; Mohebbi, Ali; Kharrat, Riyaz; Ghazanfari, Mohammad Hossein

doi:10.1080/10916466.2010.518191

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“…Maghzi et al [119] evaluated experimentally the effects of silica NPs on the rheological behavior of polyacrylamide solutions in water. The analysis showed that NPs improved pseudo-plasticity behavior of polymer solutions in low shear rates.…”

Section: Nano-assisted Polymer Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In order to observe the microscopic behavior of polymer solutions with NPs in porous media, Maghzi et al [119,122] studied the performance of silica NPs in polyacrylamide solution in a five-spot glass micromodel saturated with heavy oil. They observed that the silica NPs caused an increase in oil recovery of polymer flooding by a factor of 10%, and strong water-wetting of the medium after flooding.…”

Section: Nano-assisted Polymer Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Application of Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Review of Recent Progress

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Abstract:The injected fluids in secondary processes supplement the natural energy present in the reservoir to displace oil. The recovery efficiency mainly depends on the mechanism of pressure maintenance. However, the injected fluids in tertiary or enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes interact with the reservoir rock/oil system. Thus, EOR techniques are receiving substantial attention worldwide as the available oil resources are declining. However, some challenges, such as low sweep efficiency, high costs and potential formation damage, still hinder the further application of these EOR technologies. Current studies on nanoparticles are seen as potential solutions to most of the challenges associated with these traditional EOR techniques. This paper provides an overview of the latest studies about the use of nanoparticles to enhance oil recovery and paves the way for researchers who are interested in the integration of these progresses. The first part of this paper addresses studies about the major EOR mechanisms of nanoparticles used in the forms of nanofluids, nanoemulsions and nanocatalysts, including disjoining pressure, viscosity increase of injection fluids, preventing asphaltene precipitation, wettability alteration and interfacial tension reduction. This part is followed by a review of the most important research regarding various novel nano-assisted EOR methods where nanoparticles are used to target various existing thermal, chemical and gas methods. Finally, this review identifies the challenges and opportunities for future study regarding application of nanoparticles in EOR processes.

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Section: Nano-assisted Polymer Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Nano-assisted Polymer Floodingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Review of Recent Progress

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“…It means nanosuspension can be used instead of polymer solution to enhance oil recovery because they could increase viscosity of polymer solution. Possibility of improving pseudoplasticity behavior of polymer solutions after adding high percentage of nanoparticles can be evaluated in the future [55][56][57].…”

Section: Floodingmentioning

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A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part B: effects of nanoparticles on flooding

2015

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Chemical flooding is of increasing interest and importance due to high oil prices and the need to increase oil production. Research in nanotechnology in the petroleum industry is advancing rapidly, and an enormous progress in the application of nanotechnology in this area is to be expected. The nanotechnology has been widely used in several other industries, and the interest in the oil industry is increasing. Nanotechnology has the potential to profoundly change enhanced oil recovery and to improve mechanism of recovery, and it is chosen as an alternative method to unlock the remaining oil resources and applied as a new enhanced oil recovery method in last decade. This paper therefore focuses on the reviews of the application of nanotechnology in chemical flooding process in oil recovery and reviews the applications of nanomaterials for improving oil recovery that have been proposed to explain oil displacement by polymer flooding within oil reservoirs, and also this paper highlights the research advances of polymer in oil recovery. Nanochemical flooding is an immature method from an application point of view.

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“…This will in-turn reduce the accumulation of formation-particles and pore throats plugging in the flow channels, which can enhance better water sweep efficiency and subsequent oil recovery [121]. Maghzi et al [122] investigated the effect of nanoparticles on the rheological behavior of polymer in promoting oil recovery. The authors reported that the presence of low concentration of nanoparticles in the polymer suspension improved the viscosity of the system and the system exhibited better viscosity with much higher oil recovery potential than the polymer system without nanoparticle.…”

Section: Viscosity and Reservoir Sweep Efficiency Improvementmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Realistic Look at Nanostructured Material as an Innovative Approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Upgrading

Nwidee¹,

Barifcani²,

Lebedev³

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Recent Insights in Petroleum Science and Engineering

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With the continuous rise in energy demand and decline in reserves, the Petroleum Industries are constantly in search of inventive and novel approaches to optimize hydrocarbon recovery despite several decades of deployment of conventional and enhanced strategies. This chapter presents an in-depth analysis of nanomaterial (nanoparticles), their unique characteristics and potentials in relation to smart field development, enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and CO 2 geosequestration. The particles surface functionalities, unique size dependent property, adsorption, and transport behavior were scrutinized. The materials precise role in enhancing reservoir parameters that influences rock-fluid interactions, and reservoir fluid distribution and displacement such as permeability, wettability, interfacial tension, and asphaltene aggregate growth inhibition were evaluated. The study argues that the application of nanoparticle based fluids as novel EOR approach offers more holistic measures, potentials, and opportunities than micro and macro particles and can stimulate the continuous evolution of EOR processes even under harsh reservoir conditions, thus, offering better benefits over conventional surface-active agents. We believe this study will significantly impact the understanding of EOR with respect to nanoparticles, which is crucial for augmenting reservoir processes and to accelerate the realization of nanoparticles for EOR and CO 2 sequestration processes at industrial scale.Keywords: EOR, nanoparticles, adsorption, Asphaltene, wettability, IFT, permeability, viscosity, CO 2 © 2018 The Author(s). Licensee InTech. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. OverviewIt is a fact that the period of cheap hydrocarbon recovery is waning as hydrocarbons are currently been explored in remote regions under harsh reservoir conditions. The accessible hydrocarbon resources are constantly declining with a corresponding increase in energy demand which invariably contributes to the price irregularities in the oil and gas industry. Globally, the growth in energy demand appears to be predominant amidst feasible unconventional energy options (renewable energy). Unarguably, newer energy sources, such as nuclear, wind, geo-thermal and solar are effective measures for addressing energy shortage. However, they are yet to be ample alternatives for substituting the role of oil in meeting the ever-rising energy demand. To date, these demands are currently being substantiated via hydrocarbon sources especially petroleum -oil is still the most valuable product with great global economic impact. Currently, diverse conventional strategies (waterflooding), and enhanced methods (use of chemicals, gases, and microbes) are been deployed in oil fields, regardless, these challenges persist. More efficient, yet cost-effective, environmenta...

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An Experimental Investigation of Silica Nanoparticles Effect on the Rheological Behavior of Polyacrylamide Solution to Enhance Heavy Oil Recovery

Cited by 99 publications

References 12 publications

Application of Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Review of Recent Progress

Application of Nanoparticles in Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Review of Recent Progress

A review on applications of nanotechnology in the enhanced oil recovery part B: effects of nanoparticles on flooding

A Realistic Look at Nanostructured Material as an Innovative Approach for Enhanced Oil Recovery Process Upgrading

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