A Review of Oil-Solid Separation and Oil-Water Separation in Unconventional Heavy Oil Production Process

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences Vol. 24; no. 1; p. 74
• Main Authors: Xia, Xiao, Ma, Jun, Geng, Shuo, Liu, Fei, Yao, Mengqin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 21.12.2022; MDPI AG
• Subjects: heavy oil ores; oil–solid separation; Petroleum; production process; Review; Water - chemistry; Wettability; heavy oil ores; oil–solid separation; production process

Unconventional heavy oil ores (UHO) have been considered an important part of petroleum resources and an alternative source of chemicals and energy supply. Due to the participation of water and extractants, oil-solid separation (OSS) and oil-water separation (OWS) processes are inevitable in the ind...