An overview of recent advances in state-of-the-art techniques in the demulsification of crude oil emulsions

• Main Authors: Saad, M. A., Kamil, Mohammed, Nour, A. H., Yunus, R. M., Awad, Omar I.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25549/1/An%20overview%20of%20recent%20advances%20in%20state.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/25549/; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070470; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7070470

The processing of crude oil often requires the extraction of a large amount of water. Frequently, crude oil is mixed with water to form water-in-crude oil emulsions as the result of factors such as high shear at the production wellhead and surface-active substances that are naturally present in crud...