Bitumen and bitumen modification: A review on latest advances

M Porto, P Caputo, V Loise, S Eskandarsefat… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
This synthesis explores the state-of-the-knowledge and state-of-the-practice regarding the
latest updates on polymer-modified bitumens (PmBs). The information in this study was …

Critical review of asphaltene properties and factors impacting its stability in crude oil

S Fakher, M Ahdaya, M Elturki, A Imqam - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
Asphaltene is a component of crude oil that has been reported to cause severe problems
during production and transportation of the oil from the reservoir. It is a solid component of …

Sticky layers affect oil transport through the nanopores of realistic shale kerogen

S Wang, Y Liang, Q Feng, F Javadpour - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the transport mechanism of hydrocarbons through kerogen nanopores is
crucial to shale oil production. However, existing studies primarily focus on single …

Asphaltene induced changes in rheological properties: A review

AA Moud - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphaltene is a component of crude oil that has been linked to serious production and
transportation issues. It is a solid oil component with various shapes and molecular …

Thermo-diffusion and multislip effects on MHD mixed convection unsteady flow of micropolar nanofluid over a shrinking/stretching sheet with radiation in the presence …

S Abdal, B Ali, S Younas, L Ali, A Mariam - Symmetry, 2019 - mdpi.com
The main purpose of this study is to investigate the multislip effects on the magneto-
hydrodynamic (MHD) mixed convection unsteady flow of micropolar nano-fluids over a …

A review on methods of determining onset of asphaltene precipitation

A Soleymanzadeh, M Yousefi, S Kord… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2019 - Springer
Oil industry suffers from flow assurance problems that occur both in upstream and
downstream operations. One of the common flow assurance issues arises from precipitation …

Activation energy and second order slip in bioconvection of Oldroyd-B nanofluid over a stretching cylinder: A proposed mathematical model

I Tlili, H Waqas, A Almaneea, SU Khan, M Imran - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The thermal performances based on the interaction of nanoparticles are the topic of great
interest in recent years. In the current continuation, we have utilized the activation energy …

A comprehensive study on the application of a natural plant-based surfactant as a chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) agent in the presence of different ions in …

F Razzaghi-Koolaee, P Mehrabianfar… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactant flooding is a promising CEOR approach in carbonate reservoirs and its efficiency
has been verified. Commercial surfactants may impose various health and environmental …

Recent advances in asphaltene transformation in heavy oil hydroprocessing: Progress, challenges, and future perspectives

MT Nguyen, DLT Nguyen, C **a, TB Nguyen… - Fuel Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
The supply of conventional light petroleum is being depleted, leading to increasing
dependence on unconventional oil sources such as heavy oil. Heavy oil often contains a …

Lab-on-a-chip systems in asphaltene characterization: a review of recent advances

S Mozaffari, H Ghasemi, P Tchoukov, J Czarnecki… - Energy & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microfluidics-based lab-on-a-chip systems have shown great promise for characterization of
heavy oil and its fractions. Asphaltenes, comprising the heaviest and most complex fraction …