Thiophene compounds are the main concern of petroleum desulfurization, and their chemical composition and molecular configuration have critical impacts on thermodynamic and kinetic processes. In this work, atmospheric pressure chemical ionization…
High-resolution mass spectrometry enables molecular characterization of heavy petroleum fractions for petroleomics research. However, results from mass spectrometry are usually not quantitative. This paper provides strategies and solutions for…
The primary migration of petroleum has been recently described in detail for a thermally mature core of the Barnett Shale with almost nonvariant organofacies and maturity. Here, we use samples from the same well to provide new insights into the…
This work describes the surface coating of wooden toothpicks with amino groups (NH2) for electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (MS) analysis of naphthenic acids (NAs) in produced water samples and crude oil fractions. NH2 was introduced into the…
High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) was coupled to a high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer (MS) with a heated electrospray ionization (HESI) source for the analysis of crude oil and respective saturate, aromatic, and…
Polar compounds from three Brazilian crude oils were isolated and separated into seven fractions according to the polarity (low polarity-LP, low medium polarity-LMP, high medium polarity-HMP, high polarity-HP, basic-BAS, acidic-AC) by using…
Water-in-oil emulsions constitute a widespread issue for the oilfield industry. Indeed, the phases of water-in-oil emulsions must be separated as soon as possible in the production chain. These emulsions can be fairly stable due to certain intrinsic…
Recent analytical advances have provided evidence that groundwater affected by oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) is reaching the Athabasca River at one location. To understand and discriminate the toxicological risks posed by OSPW-influenced…
Aromatic hydrocarbons are one of the main components of petroleum and its fractions. However, the characterization of its molecular composition is still a technical challenge for mass spectrometry because of the lack of ionization methods, especially…
Aliphatic biomarkers released from the asphaltene-bound fractions of crude oils have been well studied, whereas attention to released polar non-volatile heteroatomic compounds is lacking. Here, the molecular compounds bound in asphaltenes were…
Negative-ion electrospray ionization (ESI) enabled the direct mass spectrographic analysis of phenols, naphthenic acids, and neutral nitrogen compounds in petroleum fractions without prefractionation
Bioremediation is a low-cost approach for crude oil spill remediation, but it is often limited by electron acceptor availability. In addition, the biodegradation products of crude oil contaminants are complex, and transformation pathways are…
Characterization of heteroatom compounds in crude oils is very important in petroleum production and processing. The ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) is a powerful MS technique for it but…
Aromatic hydrocarbons are one of the main components of petroleum and its fractions. However, the characterization of its molecular composition is still a technical challenge for mass spectrometry because of the lack of ionization methods, especially…
Molecular characterization of olefins in the complex hydrocarbon mixture is of vital importance for the various hydrocarbon upgrading processes. According to the strong interaction of Ag+ with unsaturated hydrocarbon, Ag+ complexation was adopted in…
Aliphatic biomarkers released from the asphaltene-bound fractions of crude oils have been well studied, whereas attention to released polar non-volatile heteroatomic compounds is lacking. Here, the molecular compounds bound in asphaltenes were…
Aromatic hydrocarbons are one of the main components of petroleum and its fractions. However, the characterization of its molecular composition is still a technical challenge for mass spectrometry because of the lack of ionization methods, especially…
Extraction and fractionation of sulfur-containing compounds from vacuum gas oil were carried out by using non-reactive methods such as ligand exchange chromatography (LEC) on solid-phase extraction cartridges and a molecularly imprinted polymer…
Characterization of heteroatom compounds in crude oils is very important in petroleum production and processing. The ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) is a powerful MS technique for it but…
Characterization of heteroatom compounds in crude oils is very important in petroleum production and processing. The ultrahigh-resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) is a powerful MS technique for it but…