The application of asphalt materials in pavement engineering has been increasingly
widespread and sophisticated over the past several decades. Variations in the properties of …

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 …

With the growing global energy demand and limited production of conventional crude oil, the
extraction of unconventional heavy and extra-heavy oil is receiving unprecedented attention …

In this work, pendant drop techniques and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were
employed to investigate the effect of asphaltene concentrations on the interfacial tension …

Heavy oil and bitumen drive the leading energy supply in Canada. Several techniques,
including in situ thermal methods and mining, have been applied to the recovery of these …

Understanding of the molecular interaction between asphaltenes and other molecules,
which may act as its solvents, provides insights into the nature of its stability in petroleum …

Asphaltene deposition is a ubiquitous problem in crude oil exploitation, which can cause the
blockage of pore throat, leading to a significant reduction of oil recovery. Understanding the …

Asphaltenes comprise the heaviest and least understood fraction of crude petroleum. The
asphaltenes are a diverse and complex mixture of organic and organometallic molecules in …

In crude oil production and processing, asphaltene aggregation followed by precipitation is
a major problem for the oil industry as it causes deactivation of catalysts, blocking pipelines …

The gas condensate reservoir is classified as a natural gas resource that produces
condensate liquid in the reservoir when the pressure in the reservoir drops below the dew …