Embodiments of the disclosure provide compositions and methods suitable for injection of a nanosurfactant composition into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation for enhanced recovery operations. The nanosurfactant composition includes nanoassemblies that contain a petroleum sulfonate surfactant, mineral oil, a zwitterionic co-surfactant. The nanosurfactant composition also includes a functionalized zwitterionic copolymer present in an aqueous environment.
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