Unconventional petroleum ores have been considered to be an important part of petroleum
resources and an important alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Extremely …

The oil industry faces with crude oil emulsions formation issue. It is a common problem for
the most of oil-producing countries around the world, including the Republic of Kazakhstan …

Removing emulsified water from a water-in-crude oil (W/O) emulsion is critically required
prior to downstream processing in the petroleum industry. In this work, environmentally …

A large number of oil–water emulsions are produced in petroleum, petrochemical, and other
industries and are stabilized by natural and acquired surfactants or solid particles. If these …

Metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) are useful in modifying two critical mechanisms for
enhanced oil recovery (EOR): interfacial tension (IFT) and rock surface wettability …

Oil-water emulsions separation is frequently required considering the production and
environmental issues. Herein, a nano-modification strategy has been proposed for …

Efficient separation of various oil/water emulsions using amphiphilic, hydrophobic/oleophilic,
or hydrophilic/oleophobic-based membrane materials have attracted considerable attention …

The challenges associated with heavy crude oil emulsions during hydrocarbon exploitation
cannot be overemphasized. As such, water/crude oil separation in oil fields becomes …

The treatment of oily wastewater is an urgent problem in the environmental engineering
fields. In view of the problems of secondary pollution and difficult recycling of existing …

The petroleum industry produces a large volume of water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion annually,
which has detrimental consequences for both the industry and the environment. Therefore …