Nanotechnology for Upstream Petroleum Industry

Tuesday, April 3, 2012: 8:00 AM
Grand Ballroom H (Hilton of the Americas)

Description:
Fundamentals and applications of nanotechnology in the Upstream Petroleum Industry


Sponsor:
Upstream Engineering
Co-Sponsor(s):
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)


Chair:
Leandro Balzano
Email: Leandro.Balzano@shell.com

Co-Chair:
Quoc P. Nguyen
Email: quoc_p_nguyen@mail.utexas.edu

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.


File available
8:00 AM
(57a) Interfacially-Active Nanohybrids for Improved Oil Recovery
Daniel E. Resasco, Jeffrey Harwell, Santiago Drexler, Jimmy A. Faria, M. Pilar Ruiz, J. Baez and Bor-Jier Shiau


File available
9:00 AM
(57c) Rock-Based Micromodel and CFD Studies of Nanomaterial Transport for Reservoir Applications
Karsten E Thompson, Saade Bou-Mikael, Daniel S. Park, Dimitris Nikitopoulos and Clinton S. Willson


9:30 AM



10:30 AM
(57e) New Nano-Particle Based Drilling Fluids
Mukul M. Sharma, Martin Chenevert, Chung-min Jang and James Friedheim

File available
11:00 AM