Wax deposition and gel formation have been crucial problems to the oil industries. The
deposition of waxes would lead to gelation which blocks flow in pipelines and interrupts …

Yield stress fluid flows occur in a great many operations and unit processes within the oil
and gas industry. This paper reviews this usage within reservoir flows of heavy oil, drilling …

Waxy crude oil has become a crucial unconventional oil alternative owing to the depleting
conventional oil resources. However, ascertaining flow assurance in a waxy crude oil …

Abstract Knowledge on wax appearance temperature (WAT), amongst other properties, is
essential in designing the facilities involved in the transportation and processing of waxy …

Predicting an accurate startup pressure for gelled waxy crude oils in pipelines is an old
challenge yet to be overcome. It is known that the conventional force balance grossly …

Wax removal by pigging is costly in sub-sea oil production. Cost-effective scheduling of
pigging can be achieved based on the deposition rate predicted by wax deposition models …

The solidification of waxy components during the cool down of waxy crude oils in pipelines
may provide complex yield stress fluid behavior with time-dependent characteristics, which …

Energy-efficient recovery of oil droplets from ice-cold water, such as oil sands tailings,
marine, and arctic oil spills, is challenging. In particular, due to paraffin wax crystallization at …

The poor fluidity of crude oil under low-temperature is one of the key issues affecting crude
oil extraction and transportation, which requires a large amount of chemicals or energy. In …

Solid deposition during production, transport, and storage of crude oils leads to significant
technical problems and economic losses for the oil and gas industry. The thermodynamic …