PETROLEUM EMULSION STABILITY GOVERNED BY INTERFACIAL RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES

摘要

As world demand for energy continues to increase the production rate of conventional and unconventional oil will follow demand. The process of oil extraction and recovery raises many scientific challenges that have long been considered. One particular area that continues to receive much attention is the rapid and efficient separation of water and oil in the produced fluids from conventional and unconventional oil reserves. With all production approaches, the formation of problematic emulsions that are difficult to separate is unfortunately unavoidable.