Method and foam composition for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean reservoir

A method comprising:

• injecting into a subterranean reservoir a dispersion comprising oil, water, and nanohybrid catalysts, said nanohybrid catalysts comprising nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of single wall carbon nanotubes, multiwall carbon nanotubes, onion-like carbon, and Janus amphiphilic particles, said nanohybrid catalysts functionalized to partially oxidize organic compounds;
• injecting a gaseous reactant into said subterranean reservoir;
• a combination of the dispersion and gaseous reactant thereby forming a stabilized foam within said subterranean formation that is delivered to an oil-water interface within said subterranean reservoir where said foam destabilizes and delivers said nanohybrid catalysts to the oil-water interface;
• said nanohybrid catalysts catalytically partially oxidizing hydrocarbons present at said oil-water interface thereby increasing a capillary number and decreasing an interfacial tension at the oil-water interface.