This chapter reviews pipeline dewatering, cleaning, and drying. Dewatering can be a simple process or, if the procedure is not properly planned, a difficult one. Pipelines used to transport crude oil and/or refined products will probably only require…
Due to the negative environmental impacts of fossil fuels and the increasing global energy demands, biofuels are receiving increasing attention as the best short-term substitute for petroleum. Recently, thermochemical conversion of seaweeds is in…
The current study aims to investigate the effect of Fe3O4-Basorol P DB-9935 (M-DB) as nanodemulsifier on operating temperature and dewatering efficiency of light, medium, and heavy crude oil. The optimum temperature for dewatering process of…
The physical chemistry of the brine-crude oil interface is immensely complex as a result of the complexity of the crude oil itself, and access to the detailed phenomena occurring at this interface is extremely difficult. Understanding these phenomena…
Removing process water from crude oil emulsions is critically required prior to their downstream processing. In this work, cellulose-coated magnetic Janus nanoparticles (MJ NPs) of asymmetric surface wettability were applied to dewatering crude oil…
The application of supercritical CO2 (scCO2)-flooding technology is increasing worldwide. After a waxy crude oil is treated with scCO2, its composition and rheological properties are changed and the stability of its emulsion is accordingly altered as…