Silica nanofluid flooding for enhanced oil recovery in sandstone rocks

Enhanced oil recovery is proposed as a solution for declining oil production. One of the advanced trends in the petroleum industry is the application of nanotechnology for enhanced oil recovery. Silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) are believed to have the ability to improve oil production, while being envi...

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Main Authors: Magda I. Youssif, Rehab M. El-Maghraby, Sayed M. Saleh, Ahmed Elgibaly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Petroleum
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110062116301738