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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2025): ETES

Published: December 31, 2025

Pages: 1-19

Research Article

Characterization and Influence of Sustainable Hybrid Silica Nanoparticles on Enhanced Oil Recovery and Carbon Geosequestration

Zain-Ul-Abedin Arain 1 Sarmad Al-Anssari* 2 Mohammad Sarmadivaleh 1
1Western Australia School of Mines, Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, 26 Dick Perry Avenue, Kensington 6151, WA, Australia
2Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, Al-Naji University, Iraq
History
  • Received: October 23, 2025
  • Revised: December 24, 2025
  • Accepted: December 24, 2025
  • Available Online: December 31, 2025
DOI

https://doi.org/10.65505/ETES-25-0007

Abstract

The growing demand for energy, coupled with the continued dominance of fossil fuels as the primary energy source, necessitates eco-friendly technologies that simultaneously enhance oil recovery (EOR) and reduce the impact of their emissions. Only one task, which is the CO2-EOR project, can combine these two sustainable development goals. Further, employing green nanotechnology, including nanoparticles and nanofluids, ensures a sustainable approach to controlling and enhancing rock wettability, thereby enhancing hydrocarbon production and carbon storage. However, the performance of nanofluids in subsurface formations is limited by the stability of these nano-dispersions at the harsh conditions of reservoirs. This work thus synthesizes silica nanoparticles from waste bentonite as a green source and modifies the surface properties with a silane group to formulate a stable nanofluid for subsurface applications. The produced nanoparticles were characterized via Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), zetasizer, and dynamic light scattering (DLS). Moreover, the efficiency of nanoparticles as wettability-modifying agents was studied using contact angle and spontaneous imbibition tests. FTIR measurements confirmed the presence of silane on the surface of hybrid silica nanoparticles, as indicated within the Wavenumber 2950 cm-1. Moreover, XRD measurements revealed that hybrid nanoparticles showed lower noise than pure ones. Results also showed that silane-treated nanoparticles (hybrid) are more tolerant to high salinity (≥ 0.5wt% brine), and green-synthesized nanoparticles have a drastic ability to invert the wettability of oil-wet surfaces (θ≥123°) to water-wet (θ ≤ 28°) at ambient conditions and also reduce the contact angle from 175° to 68°) at CO2-EOR conditions. The study concludes that these green nanofluids are highly efficient for EOR and carbon geosequestration projects when properly formulated.

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