Colloids and Interfaces in Crude Oil Recovery

A special issue of Colloids and Interfaces (ISSN 2504-5377).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 49

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Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Interests: emulsion and foams; thin liquid films; interfacial and bulk rheology; heavy crude oil; petroleum emulsions; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of thin film; self-assembly
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Dear Colleagues,

For more than a century, crude oil has satisfied a large fraction of the world’s energy consumption. Although we are currently focused on the transition to renewable and more environmentally sustainable alternatives, we can expect the demand for crude oil to increase in the near future and continue to play a significant role in decades to come. With an increase in the demand for oil and the depletion of conventional oil resources, recent decades have been characterized by the development of new technologies that enable the recovery of previously inaccessible oil resources. Simultaneously, under more stringent environmental regulations and targets, the petroleum industry has devised novel technologies to reduce, for example, greenhouse gas emissions and water usage. In many respects, this technological progress has been based on research and knowledge related to colloid and interface science. Therefore, this Special Issue welcomes the submission of contributions related to the extraction, processing, and transportation of crude oil, as well as its environmental risks/impacts and the mitigation of these challenges.

Dr. Plamen Tchoukov
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Keywords

  • crude oil composition and properties
  • phase behaviour
  • rheology
  • multiphase flow
  • asphaltene aggregation
  • petroleum emulsions and stabilization mechanisms
  • interfacial phenomena
  • enhanced oil recovery
  • heavy oil
  • fouling
  • environmental aspect and risk/impact mitigation
  • oil spills

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