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Nano Particle Based Polymer Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review

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Nanotechnology for Energy and Water (ICNEW 2017)

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Abstract

Polymer flooding is a conventional EOR process. Application of nanoparticle to polymer is the current research area. These paper is aimed at studying the ability of different type’s polyacrylamide Nanoparticle to EOR. Some of the nanoparticles used are Magnesium oxide, Aluminium oxide, Zinc oxide etc. and are treated with silane for solving reservoir problem. Amongst them aluminium oxide, nickel oxide, hydrophobic silicon oxide and silicon oxide treated with silane are good agents for EOR by Ogolo et al. (SPE Saudi Arabia Section Technical Symposium and Exhibition 1–5, 2012) [1]. Ethanol is used as dispersing media for these nanoparticles for solving recovery problem by reducing Interfacial tension between oil and water. By using Aluminium oxide NP we can reduce oil viscosity while silicon oxide NP changes rock wettability. These results indicate that some of these nanoparticles are very effective [2] while used with polymer flooding and can be used to maximize recovery level and boost hydrocarbon production.

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Abbreviations

EOR:

Enhanced Oil Recovery

NP:

Nano Particle

PF:

Polymer Flooding

Al:

Aluminium

Si:

Silica

Mg:

Magnesium

Fe:

Iron

Ni:

Nickle

Zn:

Zinc

K:

Permeability

IFT:

Interfacial Tension

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  1. School of Petroleum Technology, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

    Ch M. Sukesh & Barasha Deka

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  1. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

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    Jitendra Kumar Pandey

  3. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India

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Sukesh, C.M., Deka, B. (2018). Nano Particle Based Polymer Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review. In: Anand, G., Pandey, J., Rana, S. (eds) Nanotechnology for Energy and Water . ICNEW 2017. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63085-4_11

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