The science of polymers, more specifically, synthesis, characterization, and physicochemical properties in solutions, has wide application in the petroleum industry, which uses polymers as components of fluids or additives to correct problems that affect oil production and/or increase production costs. Polymers are utilized during all phases, from drilling to treatment of oil and water. Researc...

There are many challenges associated with development of offshore petroleum fields. Subsea production facilities are increasingly used in the petroleum industry as the technology has matured and quality increased. The use of subsea technology has advantages as well as challenges. Based on a literature review this paper identifies some if the development challenges related to the design and oper...

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1Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, UAEU, Al-Ain 17555, UAE 2Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India 3Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1142, New Zealand 4Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Malaysia, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5Department of Grain Science and In...

Shaoyi Jiang,† Rawls Frazier,‡ Elaine S. Yamaguchi,§ Mario Blanco,† Siddharth Dasgupta,† Yanhua Zhou,† Tahir Cagin,† Yongchun Tang,| and William A. Goddard, III*,† Materials and Process Simulation Center, Beckman Institute (139-74), DiVision of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, CheVron Research and Technology Company, 100 CheVron...

IMPACT STRUCTURE, DEVON ISLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR BIOMARKERS ON MARS. J. Parnell, G.R. Osinski, P. Lee, C. S. Cockell, C.W. Taylor, Dept. of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K., [email protected], Dept. of Geology, University of Arizona, U.S.A., Mars Institute and SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, U...