Nanocomposite coatings play a strategic role in the treatment of metal surfaces in the petroleum sector, especially steel oil transportation trucks, by providing novel materials exhibiting superior stability to various severe conditions. To confirm…
Nanocomposite coatings play a strategic role in the treatment of metal surfaces in the petroleum sector, especially steel oil transportation trucks, by providing novel materials exhibiting superior stability to various severe conditions. To confirm…
Blending hydrogen in the natural gas transmission and distribution systems is an option for hydrogen transportation. Integrity management of the existing infrastructure requires a risk evaluation for the planned hydrogen introduction and the…
The paper aims to quantify the synergistic effects of erosion-corrosion at different Cl concentrations. The corrosion law of 20 # steel under different Cl concentrations was obtained by means of corrosion weightlessness, morphology observation,…
The application of microfibrillated cellulose and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) to obtain heavy crude oil emulsions in water has been considered. First of all, the optimal concentration of cellulose in its aqueous dispersion was studied. A rheological…
Wax crystallization and deposition is a major flow assurance problem in production and transportation of waxy crude oil. Conventional flow improvers are mainly high molecular weight synthetic polymers, many of which are eco-toxic. Bio-based flow…
The high-efficient development, storage and transportation of waxy crude oil has a significant meaning for stable supply of petroleum energy. The variety of complex morphology and microstructure of wax crystals promote complicated physical properties…
Early life stages of fish are highly sensitive to crude oil exposure and thus, short term exposures during critical developmental periods could have detrimental consequences for juvenile survival. Here we administered crude oil to Atlantic haddock…
Graphene oxide (GO) is considered as a new type of self‐assembly membrane material. However, it suffering from a low steady state filtration flux as well as unstable performance, resulting in restriction of its practical applications. For this…
In this work, Fe2O3, ZnO, and MgO nanoparticles were synthesized via a chemical precipitation method to investigate their effects on wax formation, morphological characteristics, and rheological behavior in a crude oil sample. For this purpose,…
The purpose of the work is to conduct a comparative analysis of the stability of two types of polymer coatings to the effects of formation water and hydrochloric acid based on the analysis of mechanical properties, thermal stability and surface…
Wax formation creates flow assurance problems in the production and transportation of waxy crude oil. Flow improvers are added to waxy crude in order to reduce handling cost. Bio-based flow improvers derived from cheap renewable resources are…
2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are among the most exciting materials of today. Their layered crystal structures result in unique and useful electronic, optical, catalytic, and quantum properties. To realize the technological potential of…
The hydrate morphology pattern plays a critical role in the reactor design for hydrate-based gas storage/separation technology. This work investigated the morphology of mixed methaneTHF hydrate formation using salt water (3.5 wt % NaCl) instead of…
Novel edge-capped ZrO2 nanoparticles on V2O5 nanowires were successfully synthesized through a simple, eco-friendly, and inexpensive hydrothermal technique. The as-prepared nanostructures were characterized using various measurements to study their…
With the rapid development of the global economy and the adjustment of energy structure, the demand for underground salt cavern gas storage is particularly urgent. The technology of double-well cavity creation with small well spacing is a relatively…
During accidental crude oil spills and permitted discharges of produced water into the marine environment, a large fraction of naturally occurring oil components will be contained in micron-sized oil droplets. Toxicity is assumed to be associated…
To investigate the influence of microbial wax removal and viscosity reduction technologies on the fluidity of waxy crude oil, this study took the waxy crude oil from China's Daqing Oilfield as the experimental object for microbial wax removal and…
This study examines the time evolution and effects of adding dispersant (Corexit 9500A) at varying concentrations on the microscopic morphology and bulk viscosity of saltwater-in-crude-oil (Louisiana) mechanically mixed emulsions. Rheology is used…
Hard carbon anode materials for sodium ion batteries were prepared from petroleum pitch by air oxidation stabilization followed by carbonization. The effects of the oxidation stabilization temperature on the compositions and microstructures of the…
Hydrate-based gas storage and transportation is limited by harsh hydrate formation conditions and low formation rate, which cannot be used in large-scale commercial applications. In this work, based on the good thermodynamic properties of…
Friction and wear behavior of nitrile butadiene rubber in crude oil with sand was investigated by the reciprocating wear tester, while the movement of sand grains of different shapes during the wear process was also studied. Morphology and chemical…
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…
Developing nanocarriers deliver molecules to targeted locations has received widespread attention in different fields ranging from biomedical to oil and gas industries. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs), where the pore size diameter ranges from…
While wettability alteration is widely accepted as the dominant mechanism underlying enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in sandstone reservoirs under low salinity water flooding (LSWF) conditions, the effectiveness of LSWF still varies substantially between…
Wax formation creates flow assurance problems in the production and transportation of waxy crude oil. Flow improvers are added to waxy crude in order to reduce handling cost. Bio-based flow improvers derived from cheap renewable resources are…
Deposition in natural gas pipelines is an issue of enormous economic and security consequences. In the past, corrosion products, elemental sulfur, hydrates and sand were common deposits in these pipelines. This study demonstrates for the first time…
Scattering techniques are invaluable for the study of self-association and structure of soft systems. The properties and phase behavior of petroleum asphaltenes have long been investigated using small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering. However,…
With the rapid development of the global economy and the adjustment of energy structure, the demand for underground salt cavern gas storage is particularly urgent. The technology of double-well cavity creation with small well spacing is a relatively…
Ethnopharmacological relevance Sesamum indicum L. (Pedaliaceae) is an annual plant, which has been domesticated for well over 5000 years. It is widely cultivated for its seeds and is one of the oldest known oilseed crops. Traditionally, its seeds,…
The aim of this work was to derive γ-alumina from gels prepared by hydrolysis of aluminum (Al) sec-butoxide (Asb) chelated with ethyl acetoacetate (Eaa) in various ratios and to determine the effect of Eaa on the properties of obtained alumina. Gels…
Hydrotreating of vacuum residue by ebullated-bed shows tremendous significance due to more stringent environmental regulations and growing demand for lighter fuels. However, enhancing the catalyst stability still remains as a challenging task.…
This study investigates the performance as pour point depressant of 15 samples of modified poly(ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) 10 mol% (EVA10), by hydrolysis and esterification, using wax model systems with different wax contents. Moreover, the best…
Graphene oxide (GO) is considered as a new type of self‐assembly membrane material. However, it suffering from a low steady state filtration flux as well as unstable performance, resulting in restriction of its practical applications. For this…
Two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)–based materials are of great interest because of their capacity to efficiently absorb electromagnetic spectrum in the visible region. Starting from the structural and electronic properties, this review…
Deposition in natural gas pipelines is an issue of enormous economic and security consequences. In the past, corrosion products, elemental sulfur, hydrates and sand were common deposits in these pipelines. This study demonstrates for the first time…
The ultrasonic technique has been demonstrated to be a promising method for the disposal of hazardous oily sludge. However, the separation of oil from the surfaces of the solid particles is still difficult due to the strong interaction between the…
Hard carbon anode materials for sodium ion batteries were prepared from petroleum pitch by air oxidation stabilization followed by carbonization. The effects of the oxidation stabilization temperature on the compositions and microstructures of the…
Asphaltenes and resins remaining after heavy crude oil deasphalting (termed asphaltenes) require rational utilization. Due to their surface activity, such utilization can consist in obtaining and stabilizing water-in-oil emulsions. In this study,…
In this work, Fe2O3, ZnO, and MgO nanoparticles were synthesized via a chemical precipitation method to investigate their effects on wax formation, morphological characteristics, and rheological behavior in a crude oil sample. For this purpose,…
Deposition in natural gas pipelines is an issue of enormous economic and security consequences. In the past, corrosion products, elemental sulfur, hydrates and sand were common deposits in these pipelines. This study demonstrates for the first time…
Asphaltenes and resins remaining after heavy crude oil deasphalting (termed asphaltenes) require rational utilization. Due to their surface activity, such utilization can consist in obtaining and stabilizing water-in-oil emulsions. In this study,…
In this work, Fe2O3, ZnO, and MgO nanoparticles were synthesized via a chemical precipitation method to investigate their effects on wax formation, morphological characteristics, and rheological behavior in a crude oil sample. For this purpose,…
Using micro-digital-imaging instrument and OLYCIA Series P3 software to acquire and handle crude oil's micro-pictures, it was aimed to research the microscopic characteristics of wax crystal in Nanyang crude oil under various treating conditions,…
A gathering pipeline in a gas field in Northeast China transporting mainly natural gas and also some water and sands was welded using two 20G pipes with different wall thicknesses. The internal corrosion of this pipeline was inhomogeneous. The…
Structure control and quantitative evaluation of porous materials are essential for many industrial and consumer applications of clay minerals, and nanotubular halloysite (HNT) has been used extensively for such purposes
Field observations have shown that some streams of water, gas and crude oil do not form gas hydrate plugs during petroleum production even when operating within thermodynamic conditions for hydrate formation. Also, when studied under controlled…
BACKGROUND: Mucor indicus is a dimorphic fungus capable of producing ethanol, with numerous advantages compared with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RESULTS: Cellulose solvent- and organic solvent-based lignocellulosic fractionation (COSLIF) enhanced the…
The goal of this work is to provide characterization and a unified framework for understanding asphaltenes in crude oil. A fractionation technique that divides an asphaltene sample into different components based on polarity was developed. The…
The structure and transformation of fused aromatic ring system in asphaltenes play an important role in the character of asphaltenes, and in step affect the properties of heavy oils. Polarity, solubility and structural characteristics of asphaltenes…