WHAT IS NANOTECHNOLOGY?

APPLICATION OF
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN Nano is a Greek word that means extremely small.

PETROLEUM Deals with the size 1-100nm range.

EXPLORATION &
Science of manipulating matter at the Nano size.
DEVELOPMENT
GUIDE: SUBMITTED BY: To create new unique materials and products.
Dr SOORAJ K PRABHA
ASSOC. PROFESSOR HANS WILSON C
DEPT. OF ME VEANEME040
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Richard Feynman -idea of molecular manufacturing in 1959 .

CONTINUATION……… REMAINING OIL RESERVES IN THE WORLD

Bai Chunli - manufacture materials using single atom or molecule.

Design and manufacture of Nano-materials and the Nano measurement.

Applied in sectors-electronics , biology, medical treatment , aviation ,

military and energy resource.

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BASIC ASPECTS NANO- CHARACTERIZATION

 Nano-material basic foundation
 Used to analyse and test material
1. Nano-characterization technology
 Reservoirs- aggregate of complex natural Nano- material
 Reservoir –porous material of various mineral particles
2. Nano-sensing technology  It consists of
1. Mineral composition
2. Micro-pore structure
3. Nano-materials
3. Analysis of organic components
4. Petro-physical properties

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MINERAL COMPOSITION MICRO-PORE STRUCTURE

 Crystalline structure and component of reservoir mineral particle  2D- FESEM and ESEM

 SEM and AFM-study appearance

 3D- FIB-SEM
 XRD and TEM-analyse microcrystalline structure

 EDS,XRF,XPS,AAS and ICP –element analysis  3D spatial distribution of micro-pore structure

 SEM,EDS,XRF and ICP-applied in petroleum geology research

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ANALYSIS ON ORGANIC COMPONENTS PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES

 Physical and chemical properties of rocks
 Consists of solid and liquid organic matter
 Organic matter analysed by  Used by petroleum engineering , geology , mineralogy, exploration
geophysics and other related studies
• GC,LC,MS-element components  Properties studied are lithology, porosity , water
saturation, permeability and density
• UV,IR,NMR-molecular structure
 Application of petro physics -studying reservoirs for the hydrocarbon
• Micro zone infrared , STM,UFM-ultra micro zone industry

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RESERVOIR NANO-SENSOR
NANO-SENSING TECHNOLOGY
 Nano-sensing devices -developed using advanced nano-materials.
 Nano-sensors are any biological, chemical, or surgical sensory
 Nano-developer and Nano-signal enhancer - act as a simple nano-
points used to convey information about nanoparticles to robot
the macroscopic world  Improve the local electric, magnetic and acoustic behaviour of
reservoirs
 In petroleum exploration and development –consists of
 Chemical sensors using nanotubes -detect properties of gaseous
molecules
 Tin-bismuth alloy nanoparticles & silica particles-pipeline
1. Reservoir Nano-sensor performance ,leakage detection.

2. Reservoir Nano-robot
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RESERVOIR NANO-ROBOT NANO-MATERIALS
 Reservoir nano-robot - mini reservoir detection device
 Nanomaterials -materials of which a single unit is sized
 Includes-reservoir sensor, micro-dynamic system and micro-  Usually 1—100 nm
signal transmission system  Unique optical, electronic, or mechanical properties.
 Characterized by small size ,large specific surface area, active atomicity,
 Nano robots, ranging in size from 0.1–10 micrometres surface free energy
 Nano-devices –injected to porous medium without adsorption to  In petroleum exploration characterized –

the surface 1. Size and surface effect

2. Nano-filtration
 Undergo the stubborn reservoir conditions
3. Nano-corrosion and wear resistance
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4. Nano meter photocatalytic property 14

SIZE AND SURFACE EFFECT

NANO-FILTRATION
 At the Nano meter scale, properties become size-dependent
 Nano-filtration - membrane separation technology between

 Nano-crystal size -surface energy -melting point reverse osmosis and ultra filtration

 Key of nano-filtration process - nano-filtration membrane.

 Peculiar penetrating capacity
 Purify and desalinate the injected water which used for oil
recovery
 Single-Walled-Carbon-Nanotube(SWNT)-silica nano hybrid, which
deliver catalytically active NP’s to oil-water interface
 Destroy completely the oil-in-water or water-in-oil structures
 Polymer-coated Nano-particles-enhanced oil recovery , wettability ,
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 Separate and recycle the active substances in produced liquid. 16

NANO-CORROSION AND WEAR NANOMETER PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY

RESISTANCE
 To purify contaminants.
 Nano-meter photocatalytic agent is usually -TiO2
 Improved by using high-performance nano-coating.
 Efficiency of visible light increased -ion doping, semi-conductor
 Using two-phase ceramics to form multi-layer nano-membrane compound, surface photosensitive catalytic degradation.
structures of coherent and epitaxial growth  Purification of organic matter, oilfield sewage ,removing the trace
organic matter in the water
 Form composite nano-membrane structures-combining two types
 Viscosity reduction-FE2O3,CuO,NiO,ZnO,Al2O3, TiO2 Nanoparticles
of nano-crystalline ceramics

 High hardness , super-high wear and thermal oxidation resistance.

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ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY POLYMER FLOODING

POLYMER FLOODING

 Long chain polymer molecules with the injected water -increase

the water viscosity

 Surfactants may be used in conjunction with polymers

 Decrease the surface tension between the oil and water , reduces
the residual oil saturation and improves the macroscopic
efficiency of the process.

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CONCLUSION

1. Nano fine characterization technology-effective reservoir space

evaluation

2. Nano-sensing technology -increases monitoring level and

precision of reservoir characteristic parameters

3. Accurately the oil and gas adsorption and desorption mechanism

4. Nano-materials - effective support for well drilling, tight oil and

OIL SPILL DURING SINCE 1967
gas reservoir stimulation, enhanced recovery
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