Chemicals in the Oil Industry: Developments and Applications (Special Publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)))

Content: Future market aspects of oilfield speciality chemicals, C.W. Houston; chemicals in oil production - a producer's perceived needs, D. Callaghan; chemical enhanced oil recovery methods in the Eastern European countries and in the USSR, J. Toth et al; minimizing the environmental impact of drilling operations, R.C. Minton; drilling fluids and wellbore stability - current performance and future challenges, L. Bailey et al; chemical-based drill cutting cleaning systems, M.T. McKectinie; development of new water based mud formulations, R. Bland; water based muds for drilling high pressure, high temperature wells, J.W. Plank; correlation between interfacial tension values, micellar structure and the macroscopic properties of surfactant systems, H. Hoffmann; aspects of saline and heat stable polymers for enhanced oil recovery, S.P. von Halasz; surfactant flooding - problems and prospects, P.L. Bondor; on minimizing adsorption of foam-forming surfactants in porous media, J.J. Novosad; an assessment of the suitability of acid stimulation for Clyde production wells, C.A. Cade et al; the use of adsorption thermodynamics in the development of scale inhibitors for high barium content oilfield brines, P.J. Breen et al; derivation of scale inhibitor adsorption isotherms for oil reservoir squeeze treatments, K.S. Sorbie et al; tailoring aromatic hydrocarbons for asphaltene removal, C.W. Benson et al; the use of oilfield chemicals in the Norwegian Shelf, P.A. Read; corrosion inhibitors in oil and gas production - critical notes on application, J.van Dijk; membranes and their use in the treatment of oily waters, J. Koning and D.M. Koenhen; European patents in the oil industry, E. Waeckerlin; surfactants in oil production, H.M. Muijs; new developments in the use of sulfur transfer agents for the reduction of SOx emissions from fluid catalytic cracking units, J.R. Pierce and P.H. Desai; MTBE and TAME - from speciality chemical to oil commodities, C.P. Halsig et al; zeolites and their use in petroleum refining, J. Weitkamp and S. Ernst. The proceedings of an international symposium which addressed technical and environmental issues in the oil industry. Attention was given to a review of recent market developments and an examination of how economic trends were expected to continue in the forseeable future This book documents recent developments and environmental issues affecting the oil industry and looks at significant advances in the application of chemicals in oil production.