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Record W2026097005 · doi:10.1080/10916461003752553

Nanotechnology Prospects in the Petroleum Industry

2012· article· en· W2026097005 on OpenAlexaff
M. S. Zaman, M. R. Islam, Saeid Mokhatab

Bibliographic record

VenuePetroleum Science and Technology · 2012
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicEnhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
Canadian institutionsDalhousie University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsPetroleum industryApplications of nanotechnologyNanotechnologySocietal impact of nanotechnologyFrontierPetroleumEngineeringMaterials scienceChemistryPolitical science

Abstract

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Fulfilling worldwide energy demand in the 21st century is the most challenging problem. Current technologies simply cannot meet these demands. Therefore, we need new discoveries in underlying core science and engineering to find answers to this problem. Nanotechnology offers the prospect of opening an entirely new frontier for energy exploration, the ability to stretch the limits of our current energy sources and to go beyond these sources into new and uncharted territories. Nanotechnology is poised to impact dramatically on all sectors of the energy industry. There is great potential in nanotechnology research to revolutionize the petroleum industry and for the industry to capitalize on nanotechnology's immense benefits. Nanotechnology may someday boost the average global recovery factor of oil and gas. Research in nanotechnology in the petroleum industry is advancing rapidly and an explosion in the application of nanotechnology in this area is to be expected in the next 5 years. This article will specifically address the need for nanotechnology in the petroleum industry that can aid in the development of cheaper, more efficient, and environmentally appealing energy supplies. It also covers the promises of alternative energy sources using nanotechnology.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.011
Threshold uncertainty score0.036

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0020.003
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0020.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0110.002

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.007
GPT teacher head0.228
Teacher spread0.221 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2012
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