Formulation of polyelectrolytes using turbiscan and microscopy, focused on the breakdown of inverse emulsions

Abstract

Oil production involves handling large quantities of water, which must be treated to prevent serious environmental pollution problems. Although attempting to generalize the origin of these fluids may seem daring, given the diversity of processes and operations used in this industry, for the sake of brevity, they can be grouped into sour water, brackish water, and reverse emulsions. This work focuses on the resolution of inverse emulsions, which mainly correspond to formation water that accompanies crude oil and is extracted with it during well production.