Application of nanotechnology for enhancing oil recovery – A review

Nanotechnology has attracted a great attention in enhancing oil recovery (EOR) due to the cost-effective and environmental friendly manner. The size of nanoparticles for EOR usually is in a range of 1–100 nm, which may slightly differ from various international organisations. Nanoparticles exhibit s...

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Main Authors: Chegenizadeh Negin, Saeedi Ali, Quan Xie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-12-01
Series:Petroleum
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240565611630102X