Advances in CO2 Utilization for Enhanced Oil Recovery
A Special Issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073) belonging to the section "B3: Carbon Emission and Utilization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 December 2026 | Viewed by 518
Editors
Interests: hybrid and green EOR technology; enhanced oil recovery EOR; Pickering emulsions; CO2 injection; core flooding; conformance control; application of artificial intelligence techniques
Interests: enhanced oil recovery EOR; Pickering emulsions; reservoir simulation; CO2 injection; core flooding; conformance control; fluid diversion; water injection
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The increasing global demand for energy together with growing environmental concerns has accelerated research and development in carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies for sustainable hydrocarbon recovery and carbon management. Among these technologies, CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) has emerged as a promising approach that simultaneously improves oil recovery efficiency while enabling long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide. Recent advances in reservoir engineering, porous media characterization, nanotechnology, digital modeling, and experimental techniques have significantly expanded the understanding and application of CO2 utilization in subsurface energy systems.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive platform for researchers, engineers, and industry professionals to present recent developments, challenges, and future perspectives related to CO2 utilization and enhanced oil recovery technologies. We invite the contribution of original research articles and review papers on topics including, but not limited to:
- CO2-enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) technologies and field applications;
- Geological carbon storage and sequestration;
- CO2 injection performance and reservoir management;
- CO2 foams, emulsions, and mobility-control technologies;
- Nanoparticle-assisted CO2-EOR processes;
- Wettability alteration and conformance control during CO2 injection;
- Geochemical interactions associated with CO2 storage and utilization;
- Reservoir characterization, monitoring, and verification of CO2 projects;
- Experimental, pore-scale, and numerical investigations of CO2 transport in porous media;
- Reservoir simulation, machine learning, and data-driven optimization of CO2 utilization and storage operations;
- CCUS technologies and integrated CO2 utilization strategies;
- Field-scale implementation, pilot studies, and performance evaluation of CO2-EOR and storage projects.
By promoting collaboration between academia and industry, this Special Issue seeks to advance innovative and economically viable technologies that improve carbon utilization, enhance oil recovery efficiency, and support long-term carbon management and emission reduction goals.
Although this Special Issue covers interdisciplinary research, the core focus of all submissions must remain within the field of energy
Dr. Mohammed Abdalla Ayoub Mohammed
Dr. Haithm Salah Hagar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS)
- enhanced oil recovery (EOR)
- CO2 injection
- geological carbon storage
- porous media
- reservoir engineering
- CO2 foam
- nanofluids
- Pickering emulsions
- geochemical interactions
- flow assurance
- conformance control
- machine learning
- reservoir simulation
- sustainable energy systems
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