Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are abundant in nature and can occur in various forms in a wide variety of sources. Petroleum is one of the major sources of VOCs. Petroleum being the most widely used energy resources of the world, often released to…
This article thoroughly evaluates the performance of a synthesized surfactant as an emulsifier for the preparation of an Indian heavy crude oil-in-water (o/w) emulsion to enhance its ability to flow through offshore pipelines. The physico-chemical…
The heavy fractions from crude oil samples from different locations of a petroleum production line was investigated by gravimetric precipitation technique through the varying of n-alkane precipitant(s) type, volume, and volume ratios. The type of…
The study employed thirteen (13) crude oil samples from thirteen (13) producing wells, with the aim of examining the source of organic matter and the paleoenvironment of deposition. The crude oils were deasphaltened and the maltene fraction…
Detailed molecular analysis of complex mixtures such as crude oil and its fractions has been successfully covered by a number of groups during the past two decades. On the other side, the most glaring need is some type of method that allows…
A method combining ultracentrifugation and cloud point extraction is proposed for the separation and determination of Fe, Ni and V porphyrins in crude oil. An emulsion containing about 200 mg of crude oil, 6% (w v1) of Triton X-100, 1.6% (v v1) of…
The ability of geochemistry techniques in reservoir-continuity studies has already been proved. Most of the traditional methods mainly involve analyzing nonpolar components of crude oil and overlooking polar components. Despite valuable information…
The Fula Sub-basin, located in the northeast Muglad Basin, has an area of 5000 km2. The FN oilfield is the biggest oilfield discovered in this sub-basin with 100 million tons of oil reserves. Its main hydrocarbon reservoirs included the Aradeiba,…
Abstract: The condensation and fractionation unit design affects the quantity and quality of the liquid products derived from the waste plastics pyrolysis. The oil products, if meet the standards requirements, can be used as an alternative fuel.…