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Ionic liquids (ILs) can be tailored as chemical surfactants and surface active agents to reduce the interfacial tension (IFT) of crude oil/aqueous solutions for enhanced oil recovery processes. The current investigation was aimed to explore the nature of ingenious active agents in crude oil, including asphaltene and resin, and their possible interactions with two families of ILs, namely pyridinium and imidazolium, on the IFT of crude oil/aqueous solutions, both in the presence and absence of MgCl2. To the best of our knowledge, the effect of crude oil type on the IFT of crude oil/aqueous solution containing salts and IL has not been ever investigated. Accordingly, IFTs of light, medium and... 

A basic understanding of the activities of indigenous surfactants of crude oil at the water/oil interface as a function of aqueous phase pH can give us a better insight into the alkaline enhanced oil recovery processes. The present study aimed to elucidate the effect of salinity and crude oil type, specifically the influence of resin and asphaltene molecules during alkaline flooding through interfacial tension (IFT) measurements via pendant drop and spinning techniques. Several model oils containing asphaltene and resin fractions were prepared and their IFTs were compared with those of the original crude oils. Moreover, the elemental analyses of asphaltene and resin fractions were performed,...