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ReviewPolymers2022

Mitigation and Remediation Technologies of Waxy Crude Oils' Deposition within Transportation Pipelines: A Review.

Marwa R Elkatory, Emad A Soliman, Ahmed El Nemr, Mohamed A Hassaan, Safaa Ragab, Mohamed A El-Nemr, Antonio Pantaleo

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Review in Polymers, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marwa R ElkatoryPolymer Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, SRTA-City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0001-9956-2350
Emad A SolimanPolymer Materials Research Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials Research Institute, SRTA-City, Alexandria 21934, Egypt.
Ahmed El NemrMarine Pollution Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Alexandria 21556, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-2373-5846
Mohamed A HassaanMarine Pollution Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Alexandria 21556, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-8513-5304
Safaa RagabMarine Pollution Lab, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF), Alexandria 21556, Egypt.
Mohamed A El-NemrDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt.
Antonio PantaleoDepartment of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Bari University, 70121 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5210-646X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deposition of wax is considered one of the most significant culprits in transporting petroleum crude oils, particularly at low temperatures. When lowering pressure and temperature during the flow of crude oil, the micelle structure of the crude oil is destabilized, allowing oil viscosity to increase and precipitating paraffin (wax) in the well tubulars and pipeline, which increase the complexity of this culprit. These deposited substances can lead to the plugging of production and flow lines, causing a decline in oil production and, subsequently, bulk economic risks for the oil companies. Hence, various approaches have been commercially employed to prevent or remediate wax deposition. However, further research is still going on to develop more efficient techniques. These techniques can be categorized into chemical, physical, and biological ones and hybridized or combined techniques that apply one or more of these techniques. This review focused on all these technologies and the advantages and disadvantages of these technologies.

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remediation technologieswax depositionwaxy crude oils

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PMID36015488
PMCPMC9413815

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