To address the issue of poor stability in conventional foam systems during oil flooding，nanoparticles are utilized to stabilize foams. For foam systems stabilized by nanoparticles used in oil flooding，based on the main components of the system formulas，they could be categorized into three types：nanoparticle foaming system，nanoparticle-surfactant foaming system，and nanoparticle-surfactant-polymer foaming system. The characteristics of different types of nanoparticles in stabilizing foams were analyzed. Based on this，it was pointed out that the development of nanoparticle-stabilized foam systems for oil flooding should move towards diversity，functionality，high performance，low cost，environmental friendliness and recyclability. Currently，the development of nanoparticle-stabilized oil flooding foam systems mainly relied on extensive experiments. Further research was needed on the microscopic mechanism of nanoparticle-stabilized foam. It should establish parameters that could quantitatively describe the factors affecting foam stability，and then realize the functional customization of new foam systems. Thus，the nanoparticle-stabilized foam systems could be applied to different reservoirs or various extraction fields.