Enhanced heavy oil recovery by in situ prepared ultradispersed multimetallic nanoparticles: A study of hot fluid flooding for Athabasca bitumen recovery

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2194-2201

  Hashemi, Rohallah ^a   Nassar, Nashaat N ^a   Pereira Almao, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHABASCA BITUMEN; COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; MULTIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; RECOVERY PERFORMANCE; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

CRUDE OIL; EMULSIFICATION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EXPERIMENTS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MICROEMULSIONS; NANOPARTICLES; OIL SANDS; PACKED BEDS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER INJECTION;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84876469996     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef3020537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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