A critical review of development and demulsification mechanisms of crude oil emulsion in the petroleum industry

SA Raya, I Mohd Saaid, A Abbas Ahmed… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
The need for efficient demulsification process to treat emulsions in the petroleum industry is
well acknowledged. For decades, numerous researches have been conducted to examine …

Emulsion types, stability mechanisms and rheology: A review

AH Nour - International Journal of Innovative Research and …, 2018 - papers.ssrn.com
Emulsions have been widely used in different industrial processes. The development and
production of good quality emulsions depend on the knowledge of emulsion preparation …

Water-in-oil emulsion stability and demulsification via surface-active compounds: A review

MM Abdulredha, SA Hussain, LC Abdullah… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aimed to review the research on emulsion formation, stability, chemical
demulsification, and hydrophilic–lipophilic balance in chemical studies and other aspects …

Recent advances in time domain NMR & MRI sensors and their food applications

E Kirtil, S Cikrikci, MJ McCarthy, MH Oztop - Current Opinion in Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•MRI and NMR are non-destructive techniques that can be used to evaluate food
quality.•Recent developments have resolved the limitations of using NMR/MRI in food …

Demulsification of water in crude oil emulsion using long chain imidazolium ionic liquids and optimization of parameters

N Hazrati, AAM Beigi, M Abdouss - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
In this work, the application of ionic liquids in separation of water from crude oil as a water
demulsifier was reported. Imidazolium ionic liquids substituted with long alkyl chains (n= 10 …

Process control with compact NMR

K Meyer, S Kern, N Zientek, G Guthausen… - TrAC Trends in Analytical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Compact nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) instruments make NMR spectroscopy and
relaxometry accessible in industrial and harsh environments for reaction and process …

Quantifying the effect of salinity on oilfield water-in-oil emulsion stability

NNA Ling, A Haber, BF Graham, ZM Aman… - Energy & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The effect of salinity on water-in-oil emulsions was systematically studied using a
combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) pulsed field gradient (PFG) …

High pressure rheological measurements of gas hydrate-in-oil slurries

Y Qin, ZM Aman, PF Pickering, ML Johns… - Journal of Non-Newtonian …, 2017 - Elsevier
Gas hydrates are ice-like solids that may form in crude oil flowlines under high pressure and
at low temperature, resulting in the formation of viscous hydrate-laden oil slurries. The …

Demulsification of arabian heavy crude oil emulsions using novel amphiphilic ionic liquids based on glycidyl 4-nonylphenyl ether

MMS Abdullah, HA Al-Lohedan - Energy & Fuels, 2019 - ACS Publications
Two new amphiphilic ionic liquids (AILs) were synthesized through the opening reaction of
the epoxy ring of glycidyl 4-nonylphenyl ether (GNE) using ethanol amine (EA), followed by …

Trending approaches on demulsification of crude oil in the petroleum industry

KT Alao, OR Alara, NH Abdurahman - Applied Petrochemical Research, 2021 - Springer
The complicated nature of crude oil emulsions is part of the major setbacks associated with
the postulation of methods for phase separation and demulsification in the oil industry …