Functional Materials for the Oil and Gas Industry : Characterization and Applications

Functional Materials for the Oil and Gas Industry: Characterization and Applications discusses the latest techniques in characterization and applications of functional materials in the oil and gas industry. It provides an expert review of recent developments in a variety of materials, such as ceramics, composites, and alloys, and covers all major aspects relevant to the industry, including asset management (corrosion), operation (pipeline engineering), energy management, and applications in extreme environments.

This book:

• Discusses modern characterization techniques, such as in situ TEM, SAXS, SANS, X-ray, and neutron tomography
• Covers conventional and advanced nondestructive techniques (NDTs), such as ultrasonic testing and radiography for asset integrity checking in oil and gas sectors
• Describes advanced properties of a variety of functional materials and their applications to the oil and gas field
• Explains self-cleaning coating technologies and their applications and materials for renewable energy sources
• Details advances in synthesis methods for functional materials
• Features industrial aspects of afunctional materials application in each chapter

Written for an interdisciplinary audience of industrial practitioners, academics, and researchers in petroleum, materials, chemical, and related disciplines of engineering, this work offers significant insight into the state-of-the-art in the development and characterization of advanced functional materials.

Preface

Chapter 1 : Introduction to Functional Materials : Synthesis, Properties, Environmental Sustainability, and General Applications
Chapter 2 : Application of Functional Materials and Corrosion Inhibitors for Downstream Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
Chapter 3 : Application of Functional Ceramics in Oil and Gas Industries : Properties and Current Status
Chapter 4 : Understanding the Adsorption Behaviour of Corrosion Inhibitors on Metal–Water and Air–Water Interfaces from Molecular Simulations
Chapter 5 : Application of Modern Functional Materials in Petroleum Exploration and Process Development
Chapter 6 : Application of Self-Cleaning Materials in the Oil and Gas Industries
Chapter 7 : Microstructural and Chemical Characterization Techniques of Coatings : State of the Arts
Chapter 8 : Corrosion under Insulation (CUI) in Oil and Gas Industries
Chapter 9 : Application of Functional Ceramics in Oil and Gas Industries : Manufacturing, Properties, and Current Status
Chapter 10 : Recent Progress in Superhydrophobic Macroporous Sorbents for Oil Spill Remediation
Chapter 11 : Materials for Renewable Energy Resources for Oil and Gas Industries
Chapter 12 : Functional Clay Minerals Application in Oil and Gas Industries

Index