Shale hydrocarbon production has become an increasingly important part of global oil and gas supply during the past decade. The life of projects in unconventional plays, such as shale oil and gas, tight oil and gas, coal bed methane etc., heavily…
Shale hydrocarbon production has become an increasingly important part of global oil and gas supply during the past decade. The life of projects in unconventional plays, such as shale oil and gas, tight oil and gas, coal bed methane etc., heavily…
This chapter highlights the fundamentals of corrosion inhibition, covering the definition of corrosion inhibitors, different classes of corrosion inhibitors, factors affecting the effectiveness of corrosion inhibitors, and different techniques…
MIL-53(Al) was synthesized using hydrothermal method with various synthesis and calcination conditions. The synthesized materials were characterized by Powder X-ray Diffraction (PXRD), Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) and N2 adsorption-desorption…
The use of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) systems in micro-CHP applications is of great interest because of high efficiency, low emissions and absence of noise. However, SOFCs are sensitive to degradation caused by organic sulfur compounds present in…
The efficient separation of highly viscous crude oil/water mixtures caused by offshore crude oil exploitation, marine transportation, and oil recovery is still a big challenge. Adsorption and filtration techniques are considered as powerful and…
Asphaltene deposition is a ubiquitous problem in crude oil exploitation, which can cause the blockage of pore throat, leading to a significant reduction of oil recovery. Understanding the microscopic mechanism of asphaltene deposition and its…
There is an increasing global attention toward hydrogen as a green energy carrier, primarily because of the environmental concerns associated with global warming issues. It is expected that the produced hydrogen from various sources may be injected…
Given its abundance and clean combustion, natural gas (NG) is one of the leading sources of energy to meet present demands. However, the storage and transportation of NG remain challenging. Besides the commonly used NG storage methods such as…
Fouling in heat exchangers is the unwanted buildup of material on the heat exchange surface which reduces thermal efficiency. The crude preheat train usually consists of a set of heat exchangers which tend to become fouled. Crude oil fouling can be…
The microscopic understanding of adsorption and storage of CO2 in minerals is of great significance for large-scale geological storage of CO2. The behaviors of the H2O CO2 system absorbed on the kaolinite surfaces with oscillating and static…
In recent years, the greenhouse gas control has been a hot issue. A solution of injecting supercritical CO2 (scCO2) in Longmaxi shale gas formation (in Southwest China) is proposed in this study. To evaluate the feasibility of this method that…
This study aims to design a novel green nanocomposite based on the synergistic effect between silica nanoparticles (SN) and cardanol (CDN). The latter is an environmentally friendly dispersant compound extracted from the cashew nut shell waste. Three…
The technology of methane storage by the adsorption-hydration hybrid (AHH) combines the adsorbed natural gas (ANG) and natural gas hydrate (NGH) methods to store gas in porous materials. This technology can overcome the shortcomings of ANG and NGH…
Close examination of surface interactions between calcite and crude oil is relevant to better understand the mechanisms that lead to wettability changes in petroleum reservoirs. Mineral surface wettability is a determinant factor in petroleum…
Porous silica materials offer wide range of possibilities for enhancement of the productivity of oil reservoirs. However the mechanism of adsorption of polar components of crude oil on silica surface is poorly understood that hinders technological…
Marineterrestrial transitional Permian shales occur throughout South China and have suitable geological and geochemical conditions for shale gas accumulation. However, the Permian shales have not made commercial exploitation, which causes uncertainly…
Lacustrine shale from Madongshan Formation in Liupanshan basin has been the important target strata for shale gas exploration in northwest China. However, the system cognition in generation, reservoir conditions and geological gas-in-place (GIP)…
As an effective anionic surfactant for chemical flooding, petroleum sulfonate (PS) is often used in conjunction with alkalis to reduce the adsorption loss of PS onto rock and clay surfaces. However, alkali injection can lead to scaling, aggravate the…
Shales are generally treated as non-porous formations and are frequently considered as the source rock and the cap layer. Over the past decades, technical breakthroughs in the US such as horizontal drilling, multi-stage hydraulic fracturing,…
In order to improve the properties of petroleum coke water slurry (PWS), a quaternary ammonium Gemini cationic surfactant, 14-3(OH)-14(2Cl) (G14), was chosen to modify the surface chemistry of Lanqiao petroleum coke (LQ). Compared with the single…
CO2 storage, CO2 stimulation, CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and CO2-enhanced gas recovery (EGR) in shale reservoirs have recently attracted attention. Thorough investigations mimicking high pressure and high-temperature subsurface conditions are…
High-sour natural gas usually contains organosulfurs besides H2S, the majority of which exist in the form of mercaptans. These impurities of organosulfurs are required to be removed efficiently and economically for commercial application and the…
A new nano-scale bio-based nanocomposite for treating petroleum wastewater has been synthesized using walnut husk (an agro industrial by-product). The walnut husk extract-silver nanoparticles (WHE-AgNPs) were round-shaped, monodispersed,…
Mercury in natural gas may bring harm to the development and use of natural gas. The fixed bed adsorption method was used to remove mercury from natural gas. Mercury removal adsorbents were prepared by using Al2O3 and activated carbon composite…
Adsorption-hydration hybrid method has been widely concerned due to its great application potential in CH4 storage/transportation. Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations were performed to investigate the hybrid CH4 physisorption-hydrate…
In the process of global transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy, the two major low-carbon energy technologies, namely, methane (CH4) storage and methane capture face the same challenge, that is, the lack of efficient adsorbents. Metal-organic…
Without remorse, fossil fuels have made a huge contribution to global development in all of its forms. However, the recent scientific outlooks are currently shifting as more research is targeted towards promoting a carbon-free economy in addition to…
The porosity of adsorption column was changed due to the swing motion of the boat for the offshore natural gas production. To study the effect of adsorption column porosity on adsorption purification, an adsorption experimental apparatus was built. A…
Because of destructive effects of organic chlorides, elimination of these compounds from contaminated crude oil and its distillates is very crucial for oil refiners. Despite the importance of the subject, limited researches in this field are…
Equilibrium interfacial tensions (EIFTs) are important in determining the oil recovery efficiency in surfactant-based enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes, in which ultralow IFT values (less than 102 mN m1) are often needed. The dynamic IFTs (DIFTs)…
Any efficient exploitation of new petroleum reservoirs necessitates developing methods to mobilize the crude oils from such reservoirs. Here silicon dioxide nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) were used to improve the efficiency of the chemical-enhanced oil…
Natural gas sweetening is an essential process within hydrocarbon processing operations, enabling compliance with product quality specifications, avoiding corrosion problems, and enabling environmental care. This process aims to remove hydrogen…
Abstract: Asphaltene is the heaviest organic compound in crude oils that its precipitation and deposition cause many negative effects on oil production such as an overall decrease in production rate and an increase in operating costs. Nanoparticle…
The conventional process employed for the removal of N2 in a natural gas upgrading facility is cryogenic distillation (CD) and entails a significant investment outlay. Operation of the CD unit occurs at approximately 40bar and 120C, provided by a…
A new class of magnetically responsive and interfacially active Janus (MJanus) nanoparticles was designed and synthesized by sequential adsorption of cellulosic materials: hydrophobic ethyl cellulose (EC) and hydrophilic carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)…
Methane carbon isotope fractionation (CIF) during shale gas desorption provides a new method to evaluating in-situ gas content and the ratios of adsorbed and free gas as well as predicting the production status of shale gas wells. Considering…
The performances of multilayer Hex-star phosphorene (HP) for the CO2 removal from natural gas were investigated by molecular simulation combined with real adsorbed solution theory (RAST). The influences of pressure (0.01–3.0 MPa), molar fraction of…
This paper present the idea of a natural gas reservoir, which uses technology of gas storage by adsorption on activated carbon. Such reservoir can be feeded with Liquid Natural Gas. The framework of article includes theoretical principals of…
In this study, frontal chromatography experiments have been conducted with hydrocarbon gases (methane and ethane) on selected stationary phases (quartz, 3 Å, 5 Å and 13X molecular sieves, activated carbon, coal and shale) to study compositional and…
Unconventional natural gas resources including shale and tight gas reservoirs hold most of natural gas reserves around the world. However, these resources pose a great challenge in reserve estimation, modeling flow behavior, reservoir simulation,…
The simulation of the gas flow in tight sandstone reservoir is a very complicated process. Several mechanisms contributed to the natural gas production in tight sandstone reservoirs. One of the main mechanisms is the gas desorption from the rock…
Methane transportation in tight sedimentary rocks results in significant and complex isotope fractionation. Existing models and mechanistic studies of isotope fractionation cannot fully explain the actual observations in gas transport processes that…
One of the most important characteristics of asphaltene molecules is their interfacial properties. These are amphiphilic molecules with polar and nonpolar portions. Consequently, asphaltenes have an active surface, so they can be adsorbed at the…
SARA fractionation separates crude oil into fractions of saturates (S), aromatics (A), resins (R), and asphaltenes (A) based on the differences in their polarizability and polarity. Defined as a solubility class, asphaltenes are normally considered…
Abstract: In this study the surface of bio-based polyurethane foam was enriched with different contents of catalyst residue from the petroleum industry. The foams were prepared with different residue contents, 20, 50, and 80 wt% relative to the total…
The aim of the current study was to investigate and study adsorption and nanofiltration systems for separation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) from wastewater generated by an oil refinery in Bushehr, Iran. In the first step (previous study),…
Tight oil reservoirs typically have an estimated ultimate recovery of less than 10% after hydraulic fracturing, where enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique is needed. Comparing to the gas-EOR, the surfactant-EOR neither alters the current fracturing…