2017 Annual Meeting

Session: Interfacial Aspects of Oil/Gas Recovery and Remediation

This session focuses on both Interfacial aspect of Oil/Gas recovery as well as environmental colloids and the interfacial aspects Oil/Gas and waste remediation.

Chair

James Schneider, Carnegie Mellon University

Co-Chairs

Marina Tsianou, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Clint P. Aichele, Oklahoma State University

Presentations

08:00 AM

(669a) Impact of Molecular Structure on Surface and Thermal Properties of Amido-Amine Cationic Gemini Surfactants
Muhammad Shahzad Kamal, Syed Hussain, Abdullah S. Sultan

08:15 AM

(669b) Surfactant Effect on Hydrate Crystallization at Oil-Water Interface
Liat Rosenfeld, Kevin Dann

08:30 AM

(669c) Surface Tension Behavior of Aqueous Solutions of a Propoxylated Surfactant and Interfacial Tension Behavior Against an Un-Preequilibrated Crude Oil
Jaeyub Chung, Bryan Boudouris, Elias I Franses

08:45 AM

(669d) Eco-Friendly Sacrificial Amphiphiles As Chemical Herders for Oil Spill Remediation
Hao Zhou, George John, Charles Maldarelli

09:00 AM

(669e) Interfacial Interactions in Oil/Brine Emulsions Stabilized By Combinations of Cellulose Nanocrystals and Emulsion Stabilizers
Sanjiv Parajuli, Chadwick E. Middleton, Andres E. Rodriguez Zambrano, Esteban E. Ureña-Benavides

09:15 AM

(669f) Measurement and Surface Complexation Modeling of Calcite Zeta Potential in Mixed Brines for Carbonate Wettability Characterization
Sibani Biswal, George J. Hirasaki, Walter Chapman, Yongchao Zeng, Le Wang, Xindi Duan, Jin Song

09:30 AM

(669g) Dissolution and Restructuring of Calcite Surfaces in Contact with Electrolyte Solutions - Implications for Enhanced Oil Recovery
Kai Kristiansen, Szu-Ying Chen, Yair Kaufman, Nicholas Cadirov, Howard Dobbs, Alex Schrader, Dongjin Seo, J. Boles, Jacob Israelachvili

09:45 AM

(669h) Marine Bacteria Adhesion to Oil/Water Interfaces
Arijit Bose, Anubhav Tripathi, Michael Godfrin, Maswazi Sihlabela

10:00 AM

(669i) Oil Spill Dispersion with Food-Grade Amphiphiles: Formation of Oil-Bacteria Agglomerates during Oil Biodegradation
Geoffrey D. Bothun, Joseph Rocchio, Srinivasa R. Raghavan, Vijay T. John, Alon McCormick

10:15 AM

(669j) The Role of Bacterial Biofilm in Particle-Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions: Implications to the Biodegradation of Oil Spills
Marzhana Omarova, Vijay John, Lauren T Swientoniewski, Diane A. Blake, Geoffrey D. Bothun