[HTML][HTML] An overview of heavy oil properties and its recovery and transportation methods

RGD Santos, W Loh, AC Bannwart… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Unconventional oils-mainly heavy oils, extra heavy oils and bitumens-represent a significant
share of the total oil world reserves. Oil companies have expressed interest in …

Review of oil water core annular flow

S Ghosh, TK Mandal, G Das, PK Das - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2009 - Elsevier
The emerging energy efficient technology in the field of high viscous oil transportation is
water-lubricated transport of heavy oil, known as core annular flow or CAF. This paper …

Mechanistic study of wettability alteration of oil-wet sandstone surface using different surfactants

B Hou, Y Wang, Y Huang - Applied Surface Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Different analytical methods including Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), atomic force
microscopy (AFM), zeta potential measurements, contact angle measurements and …

Wettability alteration of oil-wet limestone using surfactant-nanoparticle formulation

LN Nwidee, M Lebedev, A Barifcani… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Wettability remains a prime factor that controls fluid displacement at pore-scale with
substantial impact on multi-phase flow in the subsurface. As the rock surface becomes …

Secondary oil recovery using graphene-based amphiphilic Janus nanosheet fluid at an ultralow concentration

D Luo, F Wang, J Zhu, L Tang, Z Zhu… - Industrial & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Nanofluid of graphene-based amphiphilic Janus nanosheets produced high-efficiency
tertiary oil recovery at a very low concentration (0.01 wt%). The more attractive way is to use …

Experimental analysis of flow regimes and pressure drop reduction in oil–water mixtures

G Sotgia, P Tartarini, E Stalio - International journal of multiphase flow, 2008 - Elsevier
The physical understanding of two-phase flow characteristics in horizontal pipes is of
importance in the petroleum industry since significant savings in pum** power can be …

Encapsulating role of β-cyclodextrin in formation of pickering water-in-oil-in-water (W1/O/W2) double emulsions containing Lactobacillus dellbrueckii

P Eslami, L Davarpanah, F Vahabzadeh - Food hydrocolloids, 2017 - Elsevier
Lactobacillus dellbrueckii cultured in MRS and harvested in the late log phase was
entrapped in the inner aqueous phase of a water-in-oil-in-water (W 1/O/W 2) Pickering …

Non-monotonicity of the Contact Angle from NaCl and MgCl2 Concentrations in Two Petroleum Fluids on Atomistically Smooth Surfaces

S Aslan, N Fathi Najafabadi, A Firoozabadi - Energy & Fuels, 2016 - ACS Publications
Wetting and alteration of wetting are among the most important material properties of fluid–
fluid–substrate systems in biological and industrial systems. An important industrial …

Solid-liquid-liquid wettability and its prediction with surface free energy models

A Stammitti-Scarpone, EJ Acosta - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2019 - Elsevier
Understanding wettability in solid-liquid-liquid (SLL or immersed) systems is important for
numerous applications. However, predicting SLL wetting behavior on smooth surfaces has …

Oil–water flows through sudden contraction and expansion in a horizontal pipe–Phase distribution and pressure drop

T Balakhrisna, S Ghosh, G Das, PK Das - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
In this paper, change of flow patterns during the simultaneous flow of high viscous oil and
water through the sudden contraction and expansion in a horizontal conduit has been …