Hypothesis. The removal of stable water-in-oil (W/O) or oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions has
been a challenging issue in chemical and oil industry for decades. Traditional demulsifiers …

Effective treatment of complex emulsions formed during steam-assisted gravity drainage
(SAGD) production is crucial for oil/water separation and subsequent processing. However …

The stabilization of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions by natural emulsifiers like asphaltenes
poses significant economic and environmental challenges in oil production. Elevated …

Mild thermal treatment is an important partial upgrading technique to enable bitumen
pipeline transportation, but no attention has been paid to the impact of mild thermal …

Water-in-oil or oil-in-water emulsions, typically stabilized by indigenous surface-active
components, are ubiquitous in many natural and industrial settings. In petroleum …

Unwanted mineral solids in bitumen froth can lead to increased solvent usage and higher
hydrocarbon loss in downstream processing, negatively impacting the cost-effectiveness …

As a result of tremendous unknowns in traveling and business downturns in the industry
because of the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, the 21st International Conference on …

The production of oilsands bitumen from mining operations requires its recovery from the
mineral matter through a hot water extraction process, which generates a bitumen froth …

abstract Knowledge about the seismic elastic modulus dispersion, and associated
attenuation, in fluid-saturated rocks is essential for better interpretation of seismic …