Advances in the application of biomimetic surface engineering in the oil and gas industry

Abstract

Friction is widespread in almost every field in the oil and gas industry, and it is accompanied by huge energy losses and potential safety hazards. To deal with a series of questions in this regard, biomimetic surfaces have been developed over the past decades to significantly reduce economic losses. Presently, biomimetic surface engineering on different scales has been successfully introduced into related fields of the oil and gas industry, such as drill bits and the inner surfaces of pipes. In this review, we focused on the most recent and promising efforts reported toward the application of a biomimetic surface in oil and gas fields, indicating the necessity and importance of establishing this disciplinary study. Regarding the oil and gas industry, we mainly analyzed and summarized some important research results into the following three aspects: (i) applications in reducing the wear of exploration production equipment and its components, (ii) separation and drag release technologies in oil/gas storage and transportation, and (iii) functional coatings used in oil and gas development in oceans and polar regions. Finally, based on an in-depth analysis of the development of biomimetic surface engineering in the fields of oil and gas, some conclusions and perspectives are also discussed. It is expected that biomimetic surface engineering can be used in oil and gas fields more widely and systematically, providing important contributions to green development in the near future.

Application of Cloud Computing and GIS Based on Internet of Things in Oil and Gas Storage and Transportation Production Management and Safety Monitoring and Early Warning System

“…e main equipment includes two-dimensional code and readers, tags and readers, video capture equipment, wireless sensor nodes, etc. [5,6]. e demand for big data transmission and processing platforms is a problem that the Internet of ings industry must face in the transmission network.…”

Multi-Scale Surface Texturing in Tribology—Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives

“…A detailed look into nature shows that it often makes use of multi-scale/hierarchical surfaces to optimize physical properties [8][9][10][11]. A well-studied phenomenon is the drag reduction observed for dolphins and sharks induced by their skin containing features of at least two different scales [12,13].…”

Study of the Catalytic Strengthening of a Vacuum Carburized Layer on Alloy Steel by Rare Earth Pre-Implantation

“…Since 20Cr2Ni4A alloy steel has excellent surface properties after carburization, it has been widely used for gears and bearings in heavy-duty equipment that is frequently exposed to harsh conditions, such as heavy loads, elevated working temperatures, high frequency vibrations, and high rotational speeds [1,2]. Hence, failures such as wear, pitting, and contact fatigue damage, are more likely to occur on the surface of gears and bearings [3,4,5]. Vacuum carburization, as a surface strengthening method, plays an important role in the process of obtaining excellent comprehensive mechanical properties of 20Cr2Ni4A alloy steel.…”