In the petroleum industry, oil and water emulsions are frequent, not only in oilfield operations
but also during the transportation and refining processes. Once depicting emulsion …

Extensive studies have been conducted on the efficacy of vegetable oils as surfactant
feedstocks for enhanced oil recovery. This has become necessary owing to environmental …

A high-efficiency anionic surfactant alcohol ethoxylate sodium hydroxypropyl sulfonate
(AEOSHS) suitable for enhancing heavy oil recovery has been synthesized through …

In this study, emulsification viscosity reduction research was carried out on Xinjiang heavy
oil. A new boron-containing anionic-nonionic surfactant (SYW) was synthesized by the …

There is a constant search for biomaterials from natural products like plants for food and
industrial applications. The work embodied in this report aimed at investigating the effects of …

In this work, shellac plasticized with oleic acid was solvent cast to prepare the flexible and
water-resistant film for packaging applications. The films were prepared with varying …

EOR is used to remove residual oil. Chemical, thermal, miscible, and other methods of
enhanced oil recovery increase oil production. Nanotechnology, lately adopted by the oil …

Polyvinyl Oleate was prepared by esterification reaction between Polyvinyl Alcohol and
Oleic Acid catalyzed by sulfuric acid and also in the absence of it. The reactant concentration …