Characterizing the Role of Clay and Silica Nanoparticles in Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery During Polymer Flooding

Khalilinezhad, Seyyed Shahram; Cheraghian, Goshtasp; Karambeigi, Mohammad Saber; Tabatabaee, Hamid Reza; Roayaei, Emad

doi:10.1007/s13369-016-2183-6

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“…10,[240][241][242][243][244] Looking ahead, there is also considerable interest in using other fields, such as optical traps, to assemble NPs. There are really two classes of problems.…”

Section: Field-driven Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective: Outstanding theoretical questions in polymer-nanoparticle hybrids

Kumar

Ganesan

Riggleman

2017

The Journal of Chemical Physics

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This topical review discusses the theoretical progress made in the field of polymer nanocomposites, i.e., hybrid materials created by mixing (typically inorganic) nanoparticles (NPs) with organic polymers. It primarily focuses on the outstanding issues in this field and is structured around five separate topics: (i) the synthesis of functionalized nanoparticles; (ii) their phase behavior when mixed with a homopolymer matrix and their assembly into well-defined superstructures; (iii) the role of processing on the structures realized by these hybrid materials and the role of the mobilities of the different constituents; (iv) the role of external fields (electric, magnetic) in the active assembly of the NPs; and (v) the engineering properties that result and the factors that control them. While the most is known about topic (ii), we believe that significant progress needs to be made in the other four topics before the practical promise offered by these materials can be realized. This review delineates the most pressing issues on these topics and poses specific questions that we believe need to be addressed in the immediate future. Published by AIP Publishing. [http://dx

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“…10,[240][241][242][243][244] Looking ahead, there is also considerable interest in using other fields, such as optical traps, to assemble NPs. There are really two classes of problems.…”

Section: Field-driven Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspective: Outstanding theoretical questions in polymer-nanoparticle hybrids

Kumar

Ganesan

Riggleman

2017

The Journal of Chemical Physics

171

143

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“…Unfortunately, thermal EOR methods are unsuitable for reservoirs with great depth and thin pay zone. Thus, nonthermal EOR has received prodigious attention for recovering oil bypassed or trapped in the reservoir [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…They found that the best recipe resulted in incremental heavy oil recovery by a factor of 5% of OOIP in comparison to polymer flooding after one pore volume fluid injection. Another experimental work showed that silica NPs and nanoclay increased the PAM solution viscosity and decreased its adsorption onto the rock [23]. The core-scale work by Saha et al, 2018 [24] showed that nanoparticle assisted polymer (Xanthan Gum) flooding was effective for EOR applications in heavy crude oil systems.…”

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Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Adding Nanoparticles to Polymer Flooding in Water-Wet Micromodels

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Recently, the combination of conventional chemical methods for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and nanotechnology has received lots of attention. This experimental study explores the dynamic changes in the oil configuration due to the addition of nanoparticles (NPs) to biopolymer flooding. The tests were performed in water-wet micromodels using Xanthan Gum and Scleroglucan, and silica-based NPs in a secondary mode. The microfluidic setup was integrated with a microscope to capture the micro-scale fluid configurations. The change in saturation, connectivity, and cluster size distributions of the non-wetting phase was evaluated by means of image analysis. The biopolymer content did not affect the ability of the NPs to reduce the interfacial tension. The experiments showed that the reference nanofluid (NF) flood led to the highest ultimate oil recovery, compared to the Xanthan Gum, Scleroglucan and brine flooding at the same capillary number. In the cases of adding NPs to the biopolymer solutions, NPs-assisted Xanthan flooding achieved the highest ultimate oil recovery. This behavior was also evident at a higher capillary number. The overall finding suggests a more homogenous dispersion of the NPs in the solution and a reduction in the polymer adsorption in the Xanthan Gum/NPs solution, which explains the improvement in the sweep efficiency and recovery factor.

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Characterizing the Role of Clay and Silica Nanoparticles in Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery During Polymer Flooding

Cited by 52 publications

References 38 publications

Perspective: Outstanding theoretical questions in polymer-nanoparticle hybrids

Perspective: Outstanding theoretical questions in polymer-nanoparticle hybrids

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

Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Adding Nanoparticles to Polymer Flooding in Water-Wet Micromodels

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