Optimizing in-situ upgrading of heavy crude oil via catalytic aquathermolysis using a novel graphene oxide-copper zinc ferrite nanocomposite as a catalyst.

Unconventional resources, such as heavy oil, are increasingly being explored and exploited due to the declining availability of conventional petroleum resources. Heavy crude oil poses challenges in production, transportation, and refining, due to its high viscosity, low API gravity, and elevated sulfur and metal content. Improving the quality of heavy oil can be achieved through the application of steam injection, which lowers the oil's viscosity and enhances its flow.

Sulfonamide Derivatives as Novel Surfactant/Alkaline Flooding Processes for Improving Oil Recovery.

Over time, oil consumption has increased along with a continuous demand for petroleum products that require finding ways to increase hydrocarbon production more economically and effectively. So, enhanced oil recovery technologies are believed to be very promising and will serve as a key to meeting the future energy demand. This paper aims to introduce an innovative method to boost the EOR by using two novel types of surfactants synthesized from sulfonamide derivatives.

Electrical Tortuosity Index: A New Approach for Identifying Rock Typing to Enhance Reservoir Characterization Using Well-Log Data of Uncored Wells.

The world is gradually moving toward a severe energy crisis, with an ever-increasing demand for energy overstepping its supply. Therefore, the energy crisis in the world has shed important light on the need for enhanced oil recovery to provide an affordable energy supply. Inaccurate reservoir characterization may lead to the failure of enhanced oil recovery projects.

New Models for Predicting Pore Pressure and Fracture Pressure while Drilling in Mixed Lithologies Using Artificial Neural Networks.

Precise prediction of pore pressure and fracture pressure is a crucial aspect of petroleum engineering. The awareness of both fracture pressure and pore pressure is essential to control the well. It helps in the elimination of the problems related to drilling, waterflooding project, and hydraulic fracturing job such as fluid loss, kick, differential sticking, and blowout.

New Correlation for Calculating Water Saturation Based on Permeability, Porosity, and Resistivity Index in Carbonate Reservoirs.

Water saturation assessment is recognized as one of the most critical aspects of formation evaluation, reserve estimation, and prediction of the production performance of any hydrocarbon reservoir. Water saturation measurement in a core laboratory is a time-consuming and expensive task. Many scientists have attempted to estimate water saturation accurately using well-logging data, which provides a continuous record without information loss.

Guar Gum-Based Hydrogels as Potent Green Polymers for Enhanced Oil Recovery in High-Salinity Reservoirs.

Improving oil production for high-salinity reservoirs using polymer flooding is challenging due to chemical and mechanical degradations. This study developed two biodegradable biopolymers based on graft copolymerization of guar gum (GG) with two different co-monomers, which are acrylamide (Am) and 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid (AMPS), and cross-linked by '-methylene bisacrylamide (MBA) to face these challenges. The newly synthesized guar gum-based hydrogels, GG--poly(Am-AMPS) (GH) and GG--poly(Am-AMPS)/Biochar (GBH composite), were evaluated as potential candidates for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) under high-salinity conditions.