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A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil

Oil and gas industry has long recognized and is continuing to face wax deposition problems, particularly, as more unconventional crudes are being produced. As time goes by, many techniques have been developed to reduce the cost to solve this challenging issue. Polymeric additives, which falls on che...

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Main Authors: S.M. Anisuzzaman, Yeow, Wai Fong, Merlela Madsah
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Language:English
Published: Akademia Baru 2018
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QD Chemistry
Online Access:https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22477/1/A%20Review%20on%20Various%20Techniques%20and%20Recent%20Advances%20in%20Polymeric%20Additives%20to%20Mitigate%20Wax%20Problems%20in%20Crude%20Oil.pdf
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spelling my.ums.eprints.224772019-07-09T23:50:51Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22477/ A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil S.M. Anisuzzaman Yeow, Wai Fong Merlela Madsah QD Chemistry Oil and gas industry has long recognized and is continuing to face wax deposition problems, particularly, as more unconventional crudes are being produced. As time goes by, many techniques have been developed to reduce the cost to solve this challenging issue. Polymeric additives, which falls on chemical treatment categories have been extensively used and studied to improve the flow of the crude oil along the pipeline. Nevertheless, the majority of the polymeric additives have dual functions including the use as pour point depressant. This article reviews the various techniques used to improve the flow of crude oil such as mechanical, chemical and thermal treatment, and the recent advances of using polymeric additives to mitigate the wax problems. Akademia Baru 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22477/1/A%20Review%20on%20Various%20Techniques%20and%20Recent%20Advances%20in%20Polymeric%20Additives%20to%20Mitigate%20Wax%20Problems%20in%20Crude%20Oil.pdf S.M. Anisuzzaman and Yeow, Wai Fong and Merlela Madsah (2018) A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil. Journal of Advanced Research in Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, 48 (1). pp. 53-64. ISSN 2289-7879
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S.M. Anisuzzaman
Yeow, Wai Fong
Merlela Madsah
A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
description Oil and gas industry has long recognized and is continuing to face wax deposition problems, particularly, as more unconventional crudes are being produced. As time goes by, many techniques have been developed to reduce the cost to solve this challenging issue. Polymeric additives, which falls on chemical treatment categories have been extensively used and studied to improve the flow of the crude oil along the pipeline. Nevertheless, the majority of the polymeric additives have dual functions including the use as pour point depressant. This article reviews the various techniques used to improve the flow of crude oil such as mechanical, chemical and thermal treatment, and the recent advances of using polymeric additives to mitigate the wax problems.
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author S.M. Anisuzzaman
Yeow, Wai Fong
Merlela Madsah
author_facet S.M. Anisuzzaman
Yeow, Wai Fong
Merlela Madsah
author_sort S.M. Anisuzzaman
title A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
title_short A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
title_full A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
title_fullStr A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
title_full_unstemmed A Review on Various Techniques and Recent Advances in Polymeric Additives to Mitigate Wax Problems in Crude Oil
title_sort review on various techniques and recent advances in polymeric additives to mitigate wax problems in crude oil
publisher Akademia Baru
publishDate 2018
url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22477/1/A%20Review%20on%20Various%20Techniques%20and%20Recent%20Advances%20in%20Polymeric%20Additives%20to%20Mitigate%20Wax%20Problems%20in%20Crude%20Oil.pdf
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/22477/
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