“…Such products are oil-soluble, possess low hydrophile-lipophile balance (HLB) values (2-3 units) and, thus, are considered effective emulsifiers of water-inoil emulsions that are widely used, for example, in oil and gas production (Bondarenko et al, 2015;Fink, 2013;Ibragimov et al, 2017;Mardashov and Rogachev, 2014;Minaev et al, 2014;Rogachev et al, 2011). The main methods to prepare ethanolamides comprise aminolysis of FA esters, including triacylglycerols (TAG) and ethanolamines (Adewuyi, 2014;Adewuyi et al, 2012;De Almeida et al, 2013;Kumar et al, 2015Kumar et al, , 2016Wang et al, 2016), and direct FA amidation with ethanolamines (Boshui et al, 2013;Dardir et al, 2014;Lokhande et al, 2013;Mäki-Arvela et al, 2016;Yanovsky et al, 2013). Currently, the former method finds the greatest application due to the "soft" conditions of the aminolysis process, the simplicity of the hardware design, and the availability of raw materials.…”