Produced water is the wastewater formed when water is brought from subsurface reservoirs
during oil or gas extraction. Currently, produced water is mainly treated using conventional …

The development and production of oil and gas fields would eventually result in a
considerable amount of oily generated water, posing serious risks to humans and the …

Traditional membranes for oil/water separation are subjected to the severe mutual constraint
between selectivity and permeability. Fabricating membranes with extremely high …

Various stages of oil production and processing in petroleum industry produce an enormous
amount of oilfield produced water (PW). Discharge of this huge amount of PW has an …

Oilfield produced water (OPW) is one of the most important by-products, resulting from oil
and gas exploration. The water contains a complex mixture of organic and inorganic …

Membrane separation based on smart materials with responsive wettability has attracted
great attention due to the excellent performance of controllable oil-water separation. Herein …

The petroleum industry produces a large amount of crude oil-contaminated water during the
production process. Removing oil and grease components from crude oil/water mixtures is …

Mechanical oil recovery (ie, booming and skimming) is the most common tool for oil spill
response. The recovered fluid generated from skimming processes may contain a …

This review studies the prominent wastewater pollution problems and their forming factors in
the development of the coal chemical industry in China. Through the comprehensive …

Microbubbles (MBs) and nanobubbles (NBs) refer to bubbles of micrometer to nanometer
sizes. Due to several unique attributes, including long-term stability, negative surface …