Nanopore Confinement Effect on the Phase Behavior of CO2/Hydrocarbons in Tight Oil Reservoirs considering Capillary Pressure, Fluid-Wall Interaction, and Molecule Adsorption by Zhixue Zheng, Yuan Di, Yu-Shu Wu

“…The findings of this study can also help for better understanding of a flow mechanism of tight oil reservoirs especially in the case of CO2 injection for enhancing oil recovery.…”
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Progress in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) and Conversion Utilization Research by Ye Junteng

“…Additionally, improvements in technology can enhance oil recovery rates. CO2 utilization transforms CO2 into high-value chemicals such as methane and carbon monoxide (CO) through thermal catalysis, photocatalysis, and electrocatalysis. …”
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Macroscopic Profile Modification and Microscopic Displacement Mechanism of Weak Gel Flowing in Porous Media by Jian Wang, Bo Kang, Liehui Zhang, Beata Joanna Darowska, Peng Xu

“…Additionally, due to good viscoelasticity of weak gel, the negative pressure effect was formed enhancing oil recovery flow from small pore throats. Results of macroscopic physical sand pack flow experiment indicate positive influence of weak gel on vertical conformance control. …”
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Integrated Design Technology of Geological Engineering for Pressure Flooding and Water Injection in Low Permeability Reservoirs: Take the Reservoir of Keshang Formation in Wu2 East... by Ming Qin, Chao Chen, Qingsen Yu, Zhenping Liu, Zhibo Liu, Hanlie Cheng, Fahim Theon

“…Pressurized water injection is a new technology of unconventional water injection to enhance oil recovery, which can improve the production degree of low permeability reservoir reserves and solve the problem of water injection difficulty. …”
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Laboratory Study on the Potential EOR Use of HPAM/VES Hybrid in High-Temperature and High-Salinity Oil Reservoirs by Dingwei Zhu, Jichao Zhang, Yugui Han, Hongyan Wang, Yujun Feng

“…Polymer flooding represents one of the most efficient processes to enhance oil recovery, and partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM) is a widely used oil-displacement agent, but its poor thermal stability, salt tolerance, and mechanical degradation impeded its use in high-temperature and high-salinity oil reservoirs. …”
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Simulation and Optimization of Dynamic Fracture Parameters for an Inverted Square Nine-Spot Well Pattern in Tight Fractured Oil Reservoirs by Le Jiang, Peng Gao, Jie Liu, Yunbin Xiong, Jing Jiang, Ruizhong Jia, Zhongchao Li, Pengcheng Liu

“…The results of this optimization are used to investigate the oil displacement mechanism of dynamic fractures and to discuss a mechanism to enhance oil recovery using an inverted square nine-spot well pattern. …”
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Controversial Issues of Hydrocarbon Field Formation and the Role of Geomagnetic Fields by Andrey A. Ponomarev, Marsel A. Kadyrov, Yuri V. Vaganov, Valeria A. Cheymetova, Vadim M. Aleksandrov, Aleksandr V. Morev

“…We briefly highlight the effect of magnetic fields on chemical reactions involving organic compounds and the use of magnetic fields to enhance oil recovery. We also present the leading causes of discrete magnetic fields in the sedimentary cover: Earth’s geomagnetic reversals, generation of ferromagnetic minerals in oil deposits, electromechanical effects of rock friction near faults, and intermixing of reservoir waters with different mineralization (spontaneous ion polarization). …”
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Prediction of Intraformational Remaining Oil Distribution Based on Reservoir Heterogeneity: Application to the J-Field by Jie Zhang, Feifei Fang, Jie Wang, Yajie Tian, Fei Mo, Qi Li, Sainan Li, Xiaoliang Huang, Yi Yang

“…At high water cut stage, the study of remaining oil distribution in water-flooding reservoir is the basis of implementing potential-tapping measures and enhancing oil recovery. At present, most of the oilfields in China have entered the stage of ultrahigh water cut. …”
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Experimental study on the simultaneous effect of smart water and clay particles on the stability of asphaltene molecule and emulsion phase by Mina Sadat Mahdavi, Amir Hossein Saeedi Dehaghani

“…Abstract Enhancing oil recovery in sandstone reservoirs, particularly through smart water flooding, is an appealing area of research that has been thoroughly documented. …”
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Experimental Study on Fe3O4 Nanoparticle-Assisted Microwave Enhancing Heavy Oil by Teng Lu, Faqiang Dang, Haitao Wang, Qingmin Zhao, Zhengxiao Xu

“…Obtaining the mechanism of nanoparticle-assisted microwave to enhance oil recovery, one of which is that nanoparticles improve the wave absorption and heating capacity of heavy oil and increase the heating speed of heavy oil; the second is that the nanoparticles form local high temperature under the action of microwave, which catalyzes the hydrocracking reaction between the heavy components in the heavy oil and the hydrogen donor, upgrading and reducing the viscosity of the heavy oil, and accelerating the production of heavy oil.…”
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Study on Viscosity Reducer Flooding Technology for Deep Low Permeability Extra Heavy Oil Reservoirs by Xiaopeng Cao, Zupeng Liu, Yong Yang, Shiming Zhang, Yahui Bu, Sen Wang, Yipu Liang, Qihong Feng

“…The results show that compared with waterflooding, the oil displacement efficiency of water-soluble viscosity reducer is increased by 12.7%; water-soluble viscosity reducer can effectively reduce the viscosity of extra heavy oil, under the same temperature and permeability, the higher the concentration of viscosity reducer, the better the viscosity reduction effect, and the smaller the pressure gradient required at the same injection rate; the main mechanism of water-soluble viscosity reducer for enhancing oil recovery is to form oil in water emulsion, which can reduce the viscosity and interfacial tension of crude oil and reduce the residual oil saturation; in the pilot well group, the optimized injection concentration of water-soluble viscosity reducer is 3%, and the optimal injection amount of water-soluble viscosity reducer solution is 50 t/d; water-soluble viscosity reducer displacement was implemented in the pilot well group, the average daily oil of well group was increased from 1.8 t/d to 7.34 t/d, and the pilot well group has achieved good development performance.…”
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Review on Phase Behavior in Tight Porous Media and Microscopic Flow Mechanism of CO2 Huff-n-Puff in Tight Oil Reservoirs by Yong Tang, Jiehong Tang, Qi Liu, Yong Wang, Zigang Zheng, Yingjie Yuan, Youwei He

“…Tight oil reservoirs will be the main target of exploration and development in the future, and CO2 huff-n-puff is one of the most important methods to enhance oil recovery factor of tight oil reservoirs in North America. …”
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The Architecture of BaTiO₃ Nanoparticles Synthesis via Temperature-Responsive for Improved Oil Recovery: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Core-Flooding Experimental S... by Surajudeen Sikiru, Hassan Soleimani, Amir Rostami, Leila Khodapanah

“…The study focuses on using ferroelectric nanofluid in combination with an electromagnetic field to enhance oil recovery mechanisms. Three concentrations of BaTiO₃ nanofluid were prepared, and their effects on pressure and recovery factors were examined. …”
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How does the ultrasonic assist CO2 immiscible flooding? by Hengli Wang, Leng Tian, Yanzhong Zhen, Yating Li, Yi Gao, Gaorun Zhong, Kaiqiang Zhang

“…To address these issues, this paper proposes the use of ultrasonic-assisted CO2 immiscible flooding to enhance oil recovery (EOR) and analyzes its underlying mechanisms. …”
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Co-Optimization of Operational and Intelligent Completion Parameters of CO₂ Water-Alternating-Gas Injection Processes in Carbonate Reservoirs by Xili Deng, Jingxuan Wang, Xiangguo Zhao, Liangyu Rao, Yongbin Zhao, Xiaofei Sun

“…This is the first time that the co-optimization of the operational and intelligent completion parameters of a CO₂ WAG injection has been reported, which adds more information about the practical applications of MRC wells in CO₂ WAG injections for enhancing oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs.…”
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