A mini-review on biosurfactants from natural-based resources: Sources, production, and application in oil industries
Mohammed Falalu Hamza,
Lukman Ismail,
Yarima Mudassir Hassan
et al.
Abstract:Increasing energy demand and depletion of producing wells around the globe necessitate oil industries to seek alternative mechanisms to increase oil production. Among various chemical enhanced oil recovery (CEOR) unveiled today, surfactants have become indispensable chemical agents in oil industries because of their wide applications in both onshore and offshore operational activities. Unfortunately, considerable numbers of these surfactants are synthetic causing treatment and disposal of effluents uneconomica… Show more
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