Enhanced effectiveness of oil dispersants in destabilizing water-in-oil emulsions

Oil impacting the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident was predominantly in the form of water-in-oil emulsions (WOE), a chemically weathered, highly viscous, neutrally buoyant material. Once formed, WOE are extremely difficult to destabilize. Commercially-availa...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 9; p. e0222460
Main Authors:	John, Gerald F, Hayworth, Joel S
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 16-09-2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	1-Octanol Alcohol Asphaltenes Biology and Life Sciences Chemical properties Crude oil Destabilization Dispersants Dispersion Emulsifiers Emulsions Emulsions - chemistry Engineering and Technology Enhanced oil recovery Evaluation Excipients - chemistry Gulf of Mexico Hydrogen bonds Interface stability Laboratories Mud-water interfaces Octanol Offshore oil field equipment Oil Oil spills Organic chemistry Petroleum - analysis Petroleum Pollution - analysis Physical Sciences Pollutants Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - chemistry Research methodology Resins Shorelines Solubility Studies Surface active agents Surface-Active Agents - chemistry Surfactants Water Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry Weather Gulf of Mexico United States Louisiana Alabama United States > US
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