Nanofluid Benefits:
- ~$9.00/Bbl all-in incremental production cost
- Payback is 1 to 3 months
- Non-toxic and 100% biodegradable
- 99% viscosity reduction (˃75,000 cP)
- Remediates scale, paraffin or asphaltene in well & perforations
- Improves flow assurance near wellbore region
- Increases pressure enhancing stripper well production
- In-situ upgrading of heavy oil API gravity
- Increases proved reserves and asset value
- Extends the longevity of declining wells
- Nanoparticles penetrate shale oil fractures to increase production
- Refractures shale oil wells
- Prevents prematurely plugging uneconomic wells
- Benefits shale oil, light oil, heavy oil and oilsands
- Heavy oil exhibits irreversibly decreased viscosity
- Creates by-product as an in-situ surfactant
- Wettability alteration significantly improves mobility
- ITF reduction achieves up to 82%
- Rheology altered for much better oil flow
- Permeability significantly increased
- Achieves higher sweep efficiency
- Creates an oil-water emulsion stabilizer
- Improves capillary pressure increased recovery
- Injected at ambient temperature into the reservoir
- ~42% sulfur reduction of heavy oil
- ~36% increased recovery of original oil in place
- Asphaltene precipitation was prevented or delayed