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China Surfactant Detergent & Cosmetics ›› 2015, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (5): 247-251.doi: 10.13218/j.cnki.csdc.2015.05.002

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Performance and applications of surfactants (ⅩⅦ) Application of surfactants in petroleum industry

ZHOU Ya-wen, JING Shu, ZHAO Li, XU Bao-cai   

  1. School of Food and Chemical Engineering,Beijing Key Laboratory of Flavor Chemistry,Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center ofFood Additives and Ingredients,Beijing Technology and Business University,Beijing 100048,China
  • Online:2015-05-22 Published:2019-04-02

Abstract: Functions and their principles as well as type used of surfactants in processes of oil drilling,oil mining a well as oil collecting and transporting were reviewed.In oil drilling,they are used as viscosity reducer,filtrate volume reducer,emulsifying agent,lubricant,shale and mud inhibitor,corrosion inhibitor,foaming agent and defoaming agent.In oil mining,they are used as flooding agent,water blocking agent,acidification additive,paraffin wax deposition preventing agent.In crude oil collecting and transporting processes,they are used as demulsifier and viscosity reducer.The developing trends of applications of surfactants in petroleum industry were suggested.

Key words: surfactant, petroleum industry, oil drilling, oil mining, oil and gas collecting and transporting

CLC Number: 

  • TQ423