Unconventional petroleum ores have been considered to be an important part of petroleum
resources and an important alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Extremely …

Abstract Oil-in-water-in-oil (O/W/O) double emulsions are recognized as an advanced
design route for oil structuring that shows promising applications in the pharmaceutical …

Liquid transportation is fundamentally important in microfluidics, water collection,
biosensing, and printing, and has attracted enormous research interest in the past decades …

Glucose, which can be obtained from the biomass directly, was added into the heavy fuel oil
in the form of an aqueous solution to prepare a novel alternative emulsified fuel. The effects …

Abstract Treatment of the oilfield wastewater from the chemical and petroleum industries,
often present in the form of emulsion, is one of the major environmental concern in current …

Nanotechnology is widely recognized for having important applications in many industries,
one of which is oil and gas. Both environmental and cost benefits can be achieved when …

Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions are the most common type of emulsions handled in petroleum
processes. It is thought that the field emulsions are primarily stabilized by asphaltene–resin …

There is a growing interest in the development and use of natural emulsifiers, which provide
biodegradability as well as non-toxicity along with giving better performance compared to …

When oilfield development enters the middle and late stages, the crude oil–water mixture
(COWM) produced from oil wells often has a high water cut and cannot form a stable …

Water-in-oil (W/O) emulsions have garnered significant attention in the petroleum industry as
a result of their adverse effects, such as reduced oil recovery, increased pressure drop, and …