Emergence of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry: Emphasis on the application of silica nanoparticles

Fakoya, Muili Feyisitan; Shah, Subhash

doi:10.1016/j.petlm.2017.03.001

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“…Since the discovery in 1990, mesoporous silica has had wide and varied field of application in catalysis, sorption, drug delivery, oil and gas industry, sensor fabrication, and so forth. Ordered mesoporous silica molecular sieves are produced widely by sol-gel method and also under hydrothermal conditions using a surfactant (cationic, anionic, or non-ionic) as template and either tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) or sodium silicate as silica source [15,16]. The first stage of sol-gel process involves the formation of colloidal suspension (sol) and then the gelation of the sol to form a network.…”

Section: Porous Ceramic Materials: Synthesis Methods and Characterizamentioning

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Porous Ceramic Sensors: Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks Detection

Perera-Mercado¹,

León²,

Piñerez³

2018

Recent Advances in Porous Ceramics

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According to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a sensor is a device which provides a usable output in response to a specified measurement of a physical quantity converted into a signal suitable for processing (e.g., optical, electrical, or mechanical signals). On the other hand, porous ceramic materials play an important role as sensor materials, because by selecting a suitable base ceramic material for the intended use and then adjusting their overall porosity, pore size distribution, and pore shape, they can cover different applications such as liquid-gas filters, insulators, catalytic supports, mixed of gases separators and sensors, among others. In addition, they have controlled permeability, high melting point, high superficial area, high corrosion and wear resistance, low expansion coefficient, tailored electronic properties, etc. Currently, a few niche areas demand sensors for compact electronic device design, e.g., leak inspections for oil and gas dispositive, flammable and/or toxic gas detection in waste storage areas and confined spaces, hydrocarbons and their associated gas detection at low temperatures and high humidity conditions, among others. In this chapter, the advances in porous ceramic production for hydrocarbons and associated gas detection will be presented and discussed.

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Section: Porous Ceramic Materials: Synthesis Methods and Characterizamentioning

confidence: 99%

Porous Ceramic Sensors: Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks Detection

Perera-Mercado¹,

León²,

Piñerez³

2018

Recent Advances in Porous Ceramics

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“…Overall, nano-chemicals have lower adsorption during the various tests conducted in porous media. Hence, they have been deemed more suitable and tagged as the next revolution for the application of chemical EOR methods [14,108,109].…”

Section: Application Of Nanotechnologymentioning

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An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

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Despite the progress made on renewable energy, oil and gas remains the world's primary energy source. Meanwhile, large amounts of oil deposits remain unrecovered after application of traditional oil recovery methods. Chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has been adjudged as an efficient oil recovery technique to recover bypassed oil and residual oil trapped in the reservoir. This EOR method relies on the injection of chemicals to boost oil recovery. In this overview, an up-to-date synopsis of chemical EOR with detailed explanation of the chemicals used, and the mechanism governing their oil recovery application have been discussed. Challenges encountered in the application of the various conventional chemical EOR methods were highlighted, and solutions to overcome the challenges were proffered. Besides, the recent trend of incorporating nanotechnology and their synergistic effects on conventional chemicals stability and efficiency for EOR were also explored and analysed. Finally, laboratory results and field projects were outlined. The review of experimental studies shows that porescale mechanisms of conventional chemical EOR is enhanced by incorporating nanotechnology, hence, resulted in higher efficiency. Moreover, the use of ionic liquid chemicals and novel alkaline-cosolvent-polymer technology shows good potentials. This overview presents an extensive information about chemical EOR applications for sustainable energy production.

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“…In the recent past, there have been a number of reports pertaining to the application of nanoparticles for oil and gas industry applications [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. A typical water based drilling fluid is formulated using a variety of chemicals such as viscosifier, fluid loss control additive, shale stabilizer, lubricant, H 2 S scavenger, oxygen scavenger, biocide, etc.…”

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Potential Application of Nanomaterials in Oil and Gas Field Drilling Tools and Fluids Design

Amanullah¹,

Ramasamy²

2018

JCCE

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The emerging nanoscience, nanotechnology and nanomaterials can be used for various industrial applications to enhance reliability, performance, stability and functional capability. Their application in the design and development of tools and materials used in oil and gas industry for extreme drilling conditions could overcome the current limitations of conventional tools and the various fluid systems used by the industry. The functional limitations such as poor physio-chemical stability in acid gas environment, frequent mechanical failure and malfunctioning in complex geological environment, thermal degradation in high temperature environment, etc. of currently used conventional tools and fluid systems are associated with extreme operating conditions due to a shift of the drilling operation from low risk to high risk geological environments, onshore to offshore locations, shallow water to deep water environment, etc. The progressive shift to increasingly higher risk operating environments is unavoidable as the energy demand of global community has increased manifold and is expected to increase further in future. Moreover, the probability and likelihood of finding easy oils and gas resources in low risk areas are diminishing quickly. That is why the oil and gas companies are constantly shifting to extremely challenging environments to meet the global energy demand. This is reflected by the expansion of drilling activities in complex geological areas, deep water environments, extreme-HPHT environments, etc. As the current tools and equipment and also the additives and chemicals often fail and/or lose their functional ability due to the detrimental effect of exposure of extremely harsh conditions, the industry needs tools and equipment, chemicals fluid additives that are highly reliable, chemically resistive, thermally and mechanically stable to ensure safe and trouble free drilling operations. It has been demonstrated in several fields of study that nanostructured materials and additives exhibit improved mechanical, chemical, thermal, electrical and tribological properties that can significantly increase the stability and durability of the tools and equipment along with the chemical and thermal stability of additives required for high performance fluid design. This review article captures the recent developments about the application of nanomaterials in the design and development of tools, equipment, additives, chemicals and smart materials to overcome current and future technical challenges of the oil and gas industry. Finally, the conventional of rule of mixtures of composite materials design and the current nanotechnology-based research conducted by various researchers have been highlighted to demonstrate potential of nanotechnology to enhance the physical, mechanical, chemical and thermal property of tools, equipment and various fluid systems used by the oil and gas industry.

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Emergence of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry: Emphasis on the application of silica nanoparticles

Cited by 180 publications

References 81 publications

Porous Ceramic Sensors: Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks Detection

Porous Ceramic Sensors: Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks Detection

An overview of chemical enhanced oil recovery: recent advances and prospects

Potential Application of Nanomaterials in Oil and Gas Field Drilling Tools and Fluids Design

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