Nanotechnology in Oil and Gas Industries

1. Front Matter

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2. Insights into the Fundamentals and Principles of the Oil and Gas Industry: The Impact of Nanotechnology

   • Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Saddam A. AL-Hammadi

   Pages 1-35

3. Nanotechnology Applications in Petroleum Refining

   • Ubong J. Etim, Peng Bai, Zifeng Yan

   Pages 37-65

4. Advances in Nanocatalyzed Hydrodesulfurization of Gasoline and Diesel Fuels

   • Tawfik Abdo Saleh, Ibrahim Munkaila Abdullahi

   Pages 67-96

5. Improvement of Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts Based on Insight of Nano Structures and Reaction Mechanisms

   • Hui Ge, Zegang Qiu, Zhenyu Ge, Wenpeng Han

   Pages 97-132

6. Selective Sulfur Removal from Liquid Fuels Using Nanostructured Adsorbents

   • Diana Iruretagoyena, Raul Montesano

   Pages 133-150

7. Nano-MoS2 and Graphene Additives in Oil for Tribological Applications

   • Yufu Xu, Yubin Peng, Tao You, Lulu Yao, Jian Geng, Karl D. Dearn et al.

   Pages 151-191

8. Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) Process Based on Nano-catalysts: The Role of Supports

   • Alimorad Rashidi, Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh, Sedigheh Sadegh Hassani

   Pages 193-210

9. Mechanisms of Desulfurization by Nanomaterials

   • Waqas Ahmad, Imtiaz Ahmad

   Pages 211-243

10. Role of Nanomaterials as an Emerging Trend Towards the Detection of Winged Contaminants

    • Santanu Patra, Rashmi Madhuri, Prashant K. Sharma

    Pages 245-289

11. Biogas Produced from Different Feedstocks in Anaerobic Digesters

    • Grazia Leonzio

    Pages 291-338

This book provides a powerful source to develop new, rapid and highly efficient materials for the application in various fields of oil and gas. It focuses on the synthesis, characterization and applications of various Nanomaterials, presenting the state-of-the-art in developments and innovations in nanocomposites. This book provides the complete practical and theoretical information about the synthesis of nanoparticles with potential use in the field of oil and gas.

• Mineral clays
• Nanoparticle synthesis
• Catalytic process
• Synthetic materials
• Metal oxides
• Biogas production
• Winged contaminants
• nanomaterials desulfurization
• sulfur removal
• hydrodesulfurization catalysts
• petroleum refining

• Chemistry Department, and Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology (CENT), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

  Tawfik Abdo Saleh

Dr. Tawfik A. Saleh is currently a faculty member at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. His research work focuses largely in the area Nanotechnology; synthesis, characterization and applications of inorganic-organic nanocomposites, adsorption and separation. He is also editorial board member of several international journals.

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