Asphaltene precipitation and deposition: A critical review

I Mohammed, M Mahmoud, D Al Shehri… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Asphaltene deposition in the reservoirs, tubbing, and surface facilities causes serious flow
assurance problems with significant economic implications. Asphaltene flow assurance …

Mitigation and remediation technologies of waxy crude oils' deposition within transportation pipelines: A review

MR Elkatory, EA Soliman, A El Nemr, MA Hassaan… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Deposition of wax is considered one of the most significant culprits in transporting petroleum
crude oils, particularly at low temperatures. When lowering pressure and temperature during …

Effect of nanoparticles/nanofluids on the rheology of heavy crude oil and its mobility on porous media at reservoir conditions

EA Taborda, CA Franco, SH Lopera, V Alvarado… - Fuel, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, we evaluate the effect of nanoparticles and nanofluids as viscosity reducers for
heavy crude oil (HO). The effect of alumina, silica and acidic silica nanoparticles was …

The effects of SiO2 nanoparticles on the thermal stability and rheological behavior of hydrolyzed polyacrylamide based polymeric solutions

LJ Giraldo, MA Giraldo, S Llanos, G Maya… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effects of SiO 2 nanoparticles on
improving the rheological behavior and inhibition of the thermal degradation of hydrolyzed …

Application of nanoparticles for asphaltenes adsorption and oxidation: A critical review of challenges and recent progress

MS Mazloom, A Hemmati-Sarapardeh, MM Husein… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles (NPs) have been recently recognized as effective asphaltenes adsorbents
and deposition deterrents. The objective of this work is to provide a critical review and …

Adsorption of mudstone source rock for shale oil–Experiments, model and a case study

Z Li, YR Zou, XY Xu, JN Sun, M Li - Organic Geochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Inorganic minerals were separated from mudstone and shale to investigate their oil
adsorption potential. A conceptual model was developed to reconstruct the oil adsorption …

Development of a population balance model to describe the influence of shear and nanoparticles on the aggregation and fragmentation of asphaltene aggregates

NN Nassar, S Betancur, S Acevedo… - Industrial & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The precipitation and deposition of asphaltenes is a primary problem related to the
processing, transportation, and production of oil. Flocculation of asphaltene aggregates is …

Role of particle size and surface acidity of silica gel nanoparticles in inhibition of formation damage by asphaltene in oil reservoirs

S Betancur, JC Carmona, NN Nassar… - Industrial & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of particle size and surface acidity of
synthesized silica gel nanoparticles on the inhibition of formation damage caused by …

Nanotechnology applied to thermal enhanced oil recovery processes: A review

OE Medina, C Olmos, SH Lopera, FB Cortés… - Energies, 2019 - mdpi.com
The increasing demand for fossil fuels and the depleting of light crude oil in the next years
generates the need to exploit heavy and unconventional crude oils. To face this challenge …

A systematic and critical review of asphaltene adsorption from macroscopic to microscopic scale: Theoretical, experimental, statistical, intelligent, and molecular …

S Tazikeh, A Shafiei, T Yerkenov, A Abenov… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Adsorption of asphaltene onto mineral or metal surface is an undesirable process with
several adverse effects such as wettability alteration, fouling pipelines/equipment …