Due to the growing global energy demand and increasingly limited availability of
conventional or easy-to-produce crude oils, extensive attention is being paid to the …

Given the combination of rising global energy demand and the decline in conventional
crudes, heavy crudes are generally considered to be the future energy resource. In many …

Considering the protection of our natural environment from oily wastewater toxicity, the
biaxially orientated polypropylene (PP) microporous membrane is taken as a suitable …

Water-in-diesel emulsions are known to lead to micro-explosions when exposed to high
temperatures, thereby offering a technology that could improve the mixing of fuels with the …

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 …

The high viscosity of heavy oil is a vital parameter that hinders the heavy oil recovery
efficiency. Viscosifying aqueous viscosity and reducing oil phase viscosity are the guiding …

The reservoir characteristics and fluid property of Daqing Oilfield was taken as the research
platform. The emulsion was prepared by core displacement experiment. The stability of …

In the production and transportation of crude oils, the interaction between asphaltene
components and water is inevitable, significantly impacting asphaltene aggregation …

A series of water-soluble terpolymers, poly (acrylamide/N-vinylpyrrolidone/N-(acrylamido
propyl)-N, N-dimethyl, N-cetyl ammonium bromide)(ANAs), were synthesized through free …

A systematic study of the influence of surfactant and stabilizing polymer additives on the
rheological properties of heavy oil was carried out. The aim was to optimize the recipe for …