Stabilization mechanism and chemical demulsification of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry: A review

D Wang, D Yang, C Huang, Y Huang, D Yang, H Zhang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Emulsions frequently encountered in petroleum production, include water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, and water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions, which …

A review of treatment technologies for produced water in offshore oil and gas fields

Y Liu, H Lu, Y Li, H Xu, Z Pan, P Dai, H Wang… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Offshore oil and gas production is increasingly growing popular globally. Produced water
(PW), which is the largest byproduct of oil and gas production, is a complex mixture of …

Magnetic superhydrophobic polyurethane sponge loaded with Fe3O4@ oleic acid@ graphene oxide as high performance adsorbent oil from water

S Javadian - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
With development of industrial activities, a lot of oil pollution is released to water
environment. As such, superhydrophobic oil adsorption materials with reusability are …

A critical review of development and demulsification mechanisms of crude oil emulsion in the petroleum industry

SA Raya, I Mohd Saaid, A Abbas Ahmed… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
The need for efficient demulsification process to treat emulsions in the petroleum industry is
well acknowledged. For decades, numerous researches have been conducted to examine …

Interfacial sciences in unconventional petroleum production: from fundamentals to applications

L He, F Lin, X Li, H Sui, Z Xu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
With the ever increasing demand for energy to meet the needs of growth in population and
improvement in the living standards in particular in develo** countries, the abundant …

An overview of recent advances in state-of-the-art techniques in the demulsification of crude oil emulsions

MA Saad, M Kamil, NH Abdurahman, RM Yunus… - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The processing of crude oil often requires the extraction of a large amount of water.
Frequently, crude oil is mixed with water to form water-in-crude oil emulsions as the result of …

Asphaltene induced changes in rheological properties: A review

AA Moud - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphaltene is a component of crude oil that has been linked to serious production and
transportation issues. It is a solid oil component with various shapes and molecular …

Polymeric surfactants and emerging alternatives used in the demulsification of produced water: A review

F Shehzad, IA Hussein, MS Kamal, W Ahmad… - Polymer …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Stable emulsions are frequently encountered in oil production and cause a series of
environmental and operational issues. Chemical demulsification is widely used for the …

Application of magnetic nanoparticles in demulsification: A review on synthesis, performance, recyclability, and challenges

AA Adewunmi, MS Kamal, TI Solling - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The quest for effective demulsification materials is growing rapidly in the recent times.
Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are an attractive alternative of commercial demulsifiers …

Optimization of the demulsification of water-in-heavy crude oil emulsions using response surface methodology

S Ahmadi, A Khormali, FM Khoutoriansky - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The current work investigates the effect of oil to kerosene ratio, space velocity, temperature,
demulsifier dosage, and wash water ratio on the performance of demulsification of water-in …