This paper summarizes an investigation of certain operating parameters on the viscosity of petroleum emulsions. The production of crude oil is accompanied by emulsified water production, which comes along with various challenges like corroding the…
Recently, global attraction has shifted toward heavy unconventional crude oil due to the depletion of light oil resources. Generally, heavy crude oils are highly viscous in nature
Due to the presence of asphaltene, the flow assurance of high viscosity crude oil becomes more challenging and costly to produce in wellbores and pipelines. One of the most effective ways to reduce viscosity is to blend heavy oil with light oil.…
Producing bitumen using SAGD requires a significant amount of water and energy, resulting in a large amount of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, reducing the steam-oil ratio (SOR) in SAGD is critical to make the oil recovery process profitable and…
The processing, production, and transport of heavy crude oils are big challenges for the petroleum industry. Central to this challenge is the fluid viscosity: the key variable responsible for the oil fluidity throughout the entire production process.…
We studied the rheological properties of heavy oil-in-water emulsions with the final goal of decreasing the high viscosity of oil in pipeline transportation. The emulsions containing 3% silica or 5% montmorillonite were stabilized by Triton X-100.…