... mitigating techniques, conventional overbalanced drilling with drilling fluid including colloid is still preferred because of its benefits for well control and wellbore stability. Current research trend focuses on engineering nanoparticles in drilling fluid to reduce extended fluid and solid infiltration...

... drilling fluids in drilling operations. This research offers valuable insights into the potential use of carbon nanotubes in improving the performance and stability of drilling fluids, contributing to more sustainable industrial practices. geology gcnt nanoparticle journal drilling fluids...

... Nanotechnology has emerged as a rapidly growing field in the oil and gas industry, offering promising solutions to enhance oil production. This area of research harnesses the power of nanoparticles, with sizes in the range of 1-100 nm, to address reservoir engineering challenges ( Hendraningrat...

... A comprehensive foam study of the synergistic interaction between surfactants and was conducted in this work. This work attempts to introduce current nanotechnology advancements to foam EOR. The fundamentals for the performance of the nanoparticle-stabilized foam were determined while taking...

... Abstract A paper presents laboratory research conducted to evaluate technological properties of the nanoparticle-induced water shut-off agent and to assess its potential for gas recovery enhancement in geo-physically complicated reservoir conditions. The studied water shut-off agent...

... has been developed to scale-up synthesis of Janus carbon nanoparticles (JC-NPs) from the waste plastic feedstock by combined pyrolysis, chemical functionalization and pulverization processes, which allow to produce the JC-NPs in mass quantity in industrial scale. The Janus nanostructures have been...

... and other orthogonal analyses using various detection methods at nano-gram level in the cutting samples. united states government upstream oil & gas geologist drilling operation cuttings drilling data acquisition reservoir characterization nanoparticle mud logging / surface measurements...

.... This study aims to evaluate foam flooding as a method to improve CO 2 storage in a high temperature, high salinity carbonate reservoir. Several surfactants and nanoparticles were examined to identify the most effective foam formulation. Foam stability at the reservoir temperature and ambient pressure...

... The MSN-AI were characterized by Malvern Mastersizer for particle size and the particle morphology was characterized by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM). The thermal stability was tested by heating the nanoparticle solutions to 95 °C and holding...

... Abstract The deployment at the field-scale of a novel technique to improve oil recovery using nanoparticles injection is challenging. It requires a comprehensive evaluation of a series of laboratory experiments, to translate and validate the mechanisms into a numerical model to predict...

...Introduction Materials Nanoparticles Spherical silica nanoparticles of two wettabilities were used in this study, i.e., hydrophobic and hydrophilic. Their properties and other pertinent information can be found in Gavrielatos 2016 ; Gavrielatos et al. 2017a , 2017b , 2018 , 2019a...

.... The latest development in Nanotechnology offers the opportunity to utilise the features of nano-sized particles (sub-micron) in drilling fluids where conventional products fail to deliver required wellbore stability at the target zones. The stabilizing nanoparticle is a dry solid with a particle size...

... Abstract In this study, Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembled polyelectrolyte multilayered nanoparticles were developed as a technique for targeted and controlled release of enzyme breakers. Polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) were assembled by means of alternate electrostatic adsorption of polyanions...

... the effectiveness of surface coated silica nanoparticles as an in-situ CO 2 foaming agent. In each experiment, the pressure drop was measured across five separate sections in the core, as well as along the whole core. In addition, the saturation distribution in the core was calculated periodically using computed...

... Abstract Even though the influence of wettability alteration on imbibition is well-documented, its synergy with Interfacial-Tension (IFT) for Alkali/Nanoparticles/Polymer flooding requires additional investigation. Particularly, when the oil Total Acid Number (TAN) may determine the wetting...

... and fluid-rock interactions, and reservoir heterogeneity, among others. The upcoming of nanotechnology enables the development of novel nanoparticle-based tracers to overcome many of the challenges faced by conventional tracers. Among the advantages of nanoparticle-based tracers is the capability...

... Abstract Recently, spherical nanoparticles have been studied to enhance oil recovery (EOR) worldwide due to their remarkable properties. However, there is a lack of studies of nanosheets on EOR. In this work, we synthesize the amphiphilic molybdenum disulfide nanosheets through...

... grafted 6 nm, 12 nm, and 20 nm silica nanoparticles with varying densities of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to prevent aggregation and dispersed them in either brine or deionized water (DI). We characterized the PEG-coated nanoparticles with thermogravimetric analysis and dynamic light scattering to determine...

... & XPS results confirmed that the high pure SnO 2 nanoparticles with the hierarchical, porous structure, and the large surface area were synthetized. Electrolysis & 1 H NMR experiment showed that CO 2 has converted into formate with the catalysis of SnO 2 nanoparticles. Electrolysis & GC...

... treatment at surface facilities conditions, showing CR reductions of around 12.2 and 22.5% in both dosages for the best CI treatment. SiO 2 and Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) nanomaterials were added to the selected CI at nanoparticle dosages from 50 to 500 mg·L −1 to improve the behavior of the selected...