Recent Advances in Nanoparticles Enhanced Oil Recovery: Rheology, Interfacial Tension, Oil Recovery, and Wettability Alteration

Table 1

Properties evaluation of nanoparticles for EOR.

Property	Nanoparticles	Ref.
Rheology	Al2O3	[40, 41]
	SiO2	[41–46]
	TiO2	[41]
	Nanoclay	[45, 47, 48]
Wettability alterations	Polysilicon	[49, 50]
	SiO2	[39, 40, 42, 51–53]
	-SiO2	[37]
	Al2O3	[2]
	TiO2	[41]
	Fe2O3	[2]
IFT	SiO2	[35, 42, 52, 54, 55]
	ZrO2	[56]
	MWCNT-SiO2	[37]
	Al2O3	[2]
	Al2O3	[2]
Core flooding	TiO2	[41, 57, 58]
	SiO2	[39, 43, 51, 52, 59–63]
	Ni2O3	[40]
	Al2O3	[41]
	Fe2O3	[62]
	SnO	[40]

MWCNT = multiwalled carbon nanotubes.