Nanofluids Helping NIOC Raise Crude Output

The first phase of a pilot plan to inject nanofluids into oil reservoirs started on Sunday in Belal Oilfield near Lavan Island in Hormozgan Province off the Persian Gulf, the plan’s manager said.
“The initiative, which incorporates an enhanced oil recovery method, is aimed at increasing production from the oilfield and entails injecting as many as 18,000 barrels of nanofluids into the field’s reservoir over the next month,” Nosrat Izadi was quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news portal.
If the first phase were to yield desired results, close to 60,000 more barrels of nanofluids will be injected into the reservoir in the second phase, he added.