Functional Materials for the Oil and Gas Industry

Deepak Dwivedi is Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering and Assistant Dean (Research and Development) at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India. He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Curtin University, Australia. He is a recipient of prestigious ‘Balshree Award’ by the President of India.Amit Ranjan is Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Engineering Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, India. He received his PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota.Jitendra S. Sangwai is Professor in the Petroleum Engineering Program, Department of Ocean Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He obtained M. Tech and PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur, respectively. He holds 8 patents in the fields of gas hydrate, enhanced oil recovery, and flow assurance.

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Functional Materials: Synthesis, Properties, Environmental Sustainability, and General ApplicationsYogendra Kumar, Karan Kumar Paswan, Kamal Nayan, Govardhan Pandurangappa, Deepak Dwivedi, and Jitendra SangwaiChapter 2 Application of Functional Materials and Corrosion Inhibitors for Downstream Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Anteneh Mesfin Yeneneh, Tahereh Jafary, Asma Al kharousi, Muna Al Ajmi, Habeebllah Oladipo, Thirumalai Kumar, Jimoh Adewole, Khadija Al-Balushi, Muna Al Hinai, and Ahoud Al HamadaniChapter 3 Application of Functional Ceramics in Oil and Gas Industries: Properties and Current Status Ajeet Kumar Prajapati, Suraj Aryan, Sukriti Singh, Deepak Dwivedi, Nellya Serikova, and Bijoy K. PurohitChapter 4 Understanding the Adsorption Behaviour of Corrosion Inhibitors on Metal–Water and Air–Water Interfaces from Molecular SimulationsHimanshu Singh and Sumit SharmaChapter 5 Application of Modern Functional Materials in Petroleum Exploration and Process DevelopmentGanesh Kumar, Yogendra Kumar, Jitendra Sangwai, and Deepak DwivediChapter 6 Application of Self-Cleaning Materials in the Oil and Gas IndustriesPrerna Tripathi, Yogendra Yadawa, Anshika Verma, Pranav Kumar, A.S.K. Sinha, Deepak Dwivedi, Anteneh Mesfin Yeneneh, and Khadija Al-BalushiChapter 7 Microstructural and Chemical Characterization Techniques of Coatings: State of the ArtsYogendra Kumar, Prerna Yogeshwar, Ganesh Kumar, Jitendra Sangwai, and Deepak DwivediChapter 8 Corrosion under Insulation (CUI) in Oil and Gas IndustriesSiddharth Atal, Deepak Dwivedi, and Naveen Mani TripathiChapter 9 Application of Functional Ceramics in Oil and Gas Industries: Manufacturing, Properties, and Current StatusSwati Chaudhary, Saurabh Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Deepak Dwivedi, Mainak Ray, and Hakeem NiyasChapter 10 Recent Progress in Superhydrophobic Macroporous Sorbents for Oil Spill RemediationLove Dashairya and Partha SahaChapter 11 Materials for Renewable Energy Resources for Oil and Gas IndustriesEnna Chakervarty, Abhishek Sharma, and Lalita LedwaniChapter 12 Functional Clay Minerals Application in Oil and Gas IndustriesTahereh Jafary, Anteneh Mesfin Yeneneh, Luqman Abidoye, Thirumalai Kumar, Abdulhameed Khalifullah, Jimoh Adewole, Khadija Al Balushi, and Maryam Al Buraiki