Protocol for preparing synthetic solutions mimicking produced water from oil and gas operations

D Dardor, M Al-Maas, J Minier-Matar, A Janson… - ACS …, 2021‏ - ACS Publications
Produced water (PW) is the water associated with hydrocarbons during the extraction of oil
and gas (O&G) from either conventional or unconventional resources. Existing efforts to …

Wax-wetting sponges for oil droplets recovery from frigid waters

P Cherukupally, W Sun, DR Williams, GA Ozin… - Science …, 2021‏ - science.org
Energy-efficient recovery of oil droplets from ice-cold water, such as oil sands tailings,
marine, and arctic oil spills, is challenging. In particular, due to paraffin wax crystallization at …