Stabilization mechanism and chemical demulsification of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry: A review

D Wang, D Yang, C Huang, Y Huang, D Yang, H Zhang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Emulsions frequently encountered in petroleum production, include water-in-oil (W/O)
emulsions, oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions, and water-in-oil-in-water (W/O/W) emulsions, which …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of the development and demulsification processes applied for oil recovery from oil in water emulsions

W Faisal, F Almomani - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The formation of stable emulsions is a fundamental problem in oil industry that can result in
a sequence of environmental and operational problems. Chemical demulsification is …

Mechanisms on the stability and instability of water-in-oil emulsion stabilized by interfacially active asphaltenes: Role of hydrogen bonding reconstructing

J Ma, Y Yang, X Li, H Sui, L He - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical demulsification is the most commonly used demulsification method for the
separation of oil–water emulsions (W/O) in petroleum industry. Previous experiments …

Polymeric surfactants and emerging alternatives used in the demulsification of produced water: A review

F Shehzad, IA Hussein, MS Kamal, W Ahmad… - Polymer …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Stable emulsions are frequently encountered in oil production and cause a series of
environmental and operational issues. Chemical demulsification is widely used for the …

Chemical treatment of oilfield wastewater and the effect of temperature on treatment efficiency: A review

A Husain, MA Al-Harthi - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Treatment of the oilfield wastewater from the chemical and petroleum industries,
often present in the form of emulsion, is one of the major environmental concern in current …

Fabrication of high flux porphrin-cored with siloxane-poly (amido amine) dendrimer/PVDF composite membrane for oil/water separation and dye degradation

H Zhang, M Xu, M Chen, Y Cui, L Chen, X Dai… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effective separation of oil-water emulsion and the degradation of organic dyes are
significant for solving the problem of environmental pollution. In this view, porphrin-cored …

Demulsification of water-in-crude oil emulsion driven by a three-branch structure demulsifier

Z Zhang, G Ai, G Zeng, H Yuan, Y Yang, L Shen… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
A three-branch structure demulsifier (GTE-DDA) for the treatment of water-in-crude oil (W/O)
emulsions was synthesized by a one-step method using glycerol triglycidyl ether (GTE) as …

Hyperbranched poly (amido amine) as an effective demulsifier for oil-in-water emulsions of microdroplets

L Zhang, H Ying, S Yan, N Zhan, Y Guo, W Fang - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The destabilization of oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions with average oil droplet sizes of less than
2 μm is important. Herein, hyperbranched poly (amido amine)(h-PAMAM) is successfully …

Sensors for detection of production chemicals and oil in produced water

AM Pasqualeti, FM Shimizu, LP de Oliveira… - TrAC Trends in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The oil and gas industry produces millions of barrels of crude oil and a byproduct called"
produced water" daily. Unfortunately, this waste product is harmful to the environment …

Development in separation of oilfield emulsion toward green technology–A comprehensive review

Y Dhandhi, RK Chaudhari, TK Naiya - Separation Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The formation and handling of crude oil emulsion during production and processing is a
great challenge to the Petroleum Industry. For financial and operational reasons, it is …