The objective of our original paper was to use the extended Derjaguin−Landau−Verwey−Overbeek (XDLVO) theory to study the interaction between asphaltenes and the steel surface. In his comments, Yen claims that this manuscript lacks supporting data and some of the results published might be questionable. We disagree with his comments because they are based on a misinterpretation of analysis. However, we do agree that we should have provided more information on our analysis in the original paper. In our response, we focused on addressing these comments in detail. Furthermore, Yen would like to know more about the operating procedures of our microreactor and flow loop equipment. We considered that outlining detailed information in the manuscript would provide too much insight into our proprietary asphaltene test methodologies and would be detrimental to the main message of the paper. Obviously, we will maintain this stance in a direct reply to Yen being our competitor.