A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations
Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) combined with carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration offers a promising solution to address the dual challenge of meeting global energy demands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming. Carbonate reservoirs with a large portion of the world’s remainin...
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| author | Abdul Haris Salam Masooma Nazar Muhammad Shahzad Kamal Ahmad Mahboob Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain Murtada Saleh Aljawad Arshad Raza Shirish Patil |
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| description | Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) combined with carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration offers a promising solution to address the dual challenge of meeting global energy demands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming. Carbonate reservoirs with a large portion of the world’s remaining oil present challenges, including complex pore structure, low permeability, and oil-wet characters. Furthermore, operational challenges such as intricate phase behaviour, water–rock–gas interactions, reservoir integrity risks, high salinity, and the presence of impurities like H2S, further complicate their exploitation. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have emerged as potential solutions to such challenges. ILs have unique properties, including tunable nature, thermal stability, and near-zero vapor pressure. ILs have EOR capacity by modifying wettability, reducing interfacial tension, and improving CO2 adsorption and dissolution under harsh reservoir conditions. This paper identifies the challenges associated with carbonate reservoirs and suggests the possible role of ILs in addressing these issues. The major objectives of this work are to demonstrate the potential of ILs in the sustainable implementation of EOR and the development of an efficient carbon management approach. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2fdce2ebf6dd47bc8807c39daefb8d4c2025-08-20T02:05:51ZengElsevierCarbon Capture Science & Technology2772-65682025-06-011510044310.1016/j.ccst.2025.100443A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formationsAbdul Haris Salam0Masooma Nazar1Muhammad Shahzad Kamal2Ahmad Mahboob3Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain4Murtada Saleh Aljawad5Arshad Raza6Shirish Patil7Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaCenter for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding authors at: Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaCenter for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding authors at: Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) combined with carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration offers a promising solution to address the dual challenge of meeting global energy demands while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive global warming. Carbonate reservoirs with a large portion of the world’s remaining oil present challenges, including complex pore structure, low permeability, and oil-wet characters. Furthermore, operational challenges such as intricate phase behaviour, water–rock–gas interactions, reservoir integrity risks, high salinity, and the presence of impurities like H2S, further complicate their exploitation. Recently, ionic liquids (ILs) have emerged as potential solutions to such challenges. ILs have unique properties, including tunable nature, thermal stability, and near-zero vapor pressure. ILs have EOR capacity by modifying wettability, reducing interfacial tension, and improving CO2 adsorption and dissolution under harsh reservoir conditions. This paper identifies the challenges associated with carbonate reservoirs and suggests the possible role of ILs in addressing these issues. The major objectives of this work are to demonstrate the potential of ILs in the sustainable implementation of EOR and the development of an efficient carbon management approach.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277265682500082XEORCO2 sequestrationWettability alterationILsGeological trapping |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Haris Salam Masooma Nazar Muhammad Shahzad Kamal Ahmad Mahboob Syed Muhammad Shakil Hussain Murtada Saleh Aljawad Arshad Raza Shirish Patil A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations Carbon Capture Science & Technology EOR CO2 sequestration Wettability alteration ILs Geological trapping |
| title | A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| title_full | A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| title_fullStr | A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| title_short | A Perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and CO2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| title_sort | perspective on ionic liquids as multifunctional agents in enhanced oil recovery and co2 sequestration in carbonate formations |
| topic | EOR CO2 sequestration Wettability alteration ILs Geological trapping |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277265682500082X |
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