Application of nanofluid technology to improve recovery in oil and gas wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Oilfield Nanotechnology Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 46-51

  McElfresh, Paul ^a   Holcomb, David ^a   Ector, Daniel ^a  

^a Frac Tech Services International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSIONS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL SANDS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RECOVERY; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SECONDARY RECOVERY; SILICA; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

COLLOIDAL DISPERSION; CONVENTIONAL ADDITIVES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DISJOINING PRESSURES; EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; OIL AND GAS RESERVOIR; PRODUCTION IMPROVEMENT; STABILIZED NANOPARTICLES;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84866262107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/154827-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (3)

1. Wasan, D.T. and Nikolov, A.D., 2003, "Spreading of Nanofluids on Solids", Nature, 423: 156-159.
2. Anoop Chengara, Alex D. Nikolov, Darsh T. Wasan, Andrij Trokhymchuk, Douglas Henderson, 2004, "Spreading of Nanofluids driven by the Structural Disjoining Pressure Gradient", Journal of Colloid and Interface Sciences, 280: 192-201
3. P. McElfresh, Carla Olguin and D. Ector, SPE 151848, "The Application of Nanoparticle Dispersions to Remove Paraffin and Polymer Filter Cake Damage", SPE International Symposium and Exhibition on Formation Damage Control, Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 15-17 February 2012.