Abstract Hydrocarbons exist in abundant quantity beneath the earth's surface. These hydrocarbons are generally classified as conventional and unconventional depending upon their nature, geology, exploitation procedure. Since under depletion phase, have been a major candidate for current future hydrocarbon production. Additionally, investment research increased significantly its exploitation. Ha...

Fuel cells represent a clean alternative to current technologies for utilizing hydrocarbon fuel resources. Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have acquired due importance as they are best suited for applications where a quick start up is required such as in automobiles. The prime requirements of fuel cell membranes are high proton conductivity, low methanol/water permeability, goo...

We designed and studied hydrocarbon model compounds by high-resolution noncontact atomic force microscopy. In addition to planar polycyclic aromatic moieties, these novel model compounds feature linear alkyl and cycloaliphatic motifs that exist in most hydrocarbon resources - particularly in petroleum asphaltenes and other petroleum fractions - or in lipids in biological samples. We demonstrate...

Buried hydrocarbon deposits, such as liquid petroleum, represent an abundant source of reduced carbon for microbes. It is not surprising therefore that many organisms have adapted to an oily, anaerobic life deep underground, often at high temperatures and pressures, and that those organisms have had, and in some cases continue to have, an effect on the quality and recovery of the earth’s dimini...

Knowledge of reservoir distribution and quality in the offshore eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOM) is essential for future economic development of hydrocarbon resources. The Norphlet Fm. has been a significant hydrocarbon reservoir in the onshore EGOM region since the late 1960’s; however, due to sparse lithologic data in the offshore EGOM, predicting Norphlet Fm. reservoir distribution in this area...