JuniperPublishers-Recent Advances in Petrochemical Science

Juniper Publishers Abstract This paper reviews the recent challenges faced in oil and gas operations specifically the drilling and completion sector. The application of nanomaterials in drilling and completion operations in mitigating these challenges were analyzed as well as the factors retarding the growth of the application of this emerging technology. Introduction Nanomaterials are now a growing trend in this current age of technology. Its applications have cut across different kinds of sectors of the modern age industries. According to the US Foresight Institute, Nanomaterials can be defined as a group of emerging technologies in which the structure of matter is controlled at the nano scale to produce novel materials and devices that have useful and unique properties. This also brings about the creation of new materials with enhanced properties such as mechanically, optically, magnetically and many others. The oil and gas ha...

Production of Dimethylfuran as Liquid Fuel from Biomass Derived Carbohydrates -Recent Advances in Petrochemical Science -Juniper Publishers JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-RECENT ADVANCES IN PETROCHEMICAL SCIENCE PRODUCTION OF DIMETHYLFURAN AS LIQUID FUEL FROM BIOMASS DERIVED CARBOHYDRATES Authored by Nitinkumar SS Diminishing fossil fuel reserves and increasing global warming are the major problems faced by the world now. This demands sustainable sources of energy must resource required energy in the near future. Serious steps to restrict the existing concern and to find alternate energy sources have been the area of interest for the scientific community. On the contrary, our major concern is over availability and costs of petroleum feedstock's, which has given rise to a growing interest in alternative carbon sources such as natural gas, coal, biomass, and shale oil and tar sands. The conversion of renewable resources, such as biomass and organic wast...