In this review, an attempt has been taken to show the preferential selection criteria of
microemulsions and nanoemulsions for applications in enhanced oil recovery. This paper …

The trend of growing interest in alternative source of energy focuses on renewable products
worldwide. However, the situation of petroleum industries in many countries needs much …

In this work, the effect of brine salinity on water-in-oil emulsion flow performance in porous
media is studied as it imposes a significant challenge to oil production in the petroleum …

The reservoir characteristics and fluid property of Daqing Oilfield was taken as the research
platform. The emulsion was prepared by core displacement experiment. The stability of …

Drilling fluid removal is an important step for attaining successful cementing operations,
however mud removal composition have not kept up with the increasing complexity of …

Functional oils have broad application prospects in functional foods and beverages because
of their rich beneficial ingredients and healthier intake. The small droplets of the …

Emulsions are deeply involved in almost all aspects of the petroleum industry, especially in
enhanced oil recovery. Supramolecular chemistry proposes a facile and controllable method …

The intensive use of ionic liquid (IL) in various researches and applications induces the
imperative need of specific functional ILs. Present work introduces a novel piperazinium …

Microemulsions are preferred over other methods of mixing two immiscible liquids as they
are thermodynamically stable, but require a high percentage of surfactant. Surfactant-free …

The microstructure, micropolarity and solubilizations of a surfactant-free microemulsion
(SFME) containing diethyl malonate (DEM), ethanol (EtOH), and water were investigated in …