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In this work, we developed an eco-friendly nanoemulsion system that can efficiently reduce heavy oil viscosity, offering a new pathway for the green exploitation of heavy oil resources. This study employed the hydrophilic\u2013lipophilic balance (HLB) method to screen surfactant formulations. A composite surfactant system consisting of rhamnolipid and AEO-9 at a mass ratio of 2:1 (HLB = 20.44) was used in 0.5 mol\/L CaCl2 aqueous solution, with glycerol as the cosurfactant at a surfactant\/cosurfactant mass ratio (Km) of 3 and palm oil as the oil phase, to prepare microemulsion precursor #5. Upon 500-fold dilution, this precursor yielded nanoemulsion #5\u2013500. Dynamic light scattering characterization revealed a narrow particle size distribution centered at 60\u201380 nm, with a zeta potential of \u2013 52.8 mV. At 55 \u00b0C, the nanoemulsion reduced the viscosity of heavy crude oil by 91.85% and lowered the oil\u2013water interfacial tension to 0.15 mN\/m. The contact angle on an oil-wet surface decreased from 106\u00b0 to 74\u00b0, crossing the 90\u00b0 threshold, indicating a wettability reversal from oil-wet to water-wet. Core flood experiments demonstrated that sequential injection of the diluted nanoemulsion followed by the neat formulation at 55 \u00b0C enhanced oil recovery by 68.79%. 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