Over the last few years, the production of crude oil increased ten folds. Crude oil production can never be produced solely without water and contaminants. During its production, crude oil is often mixed with water and form water-in-oil emulsions or oil-in-water emulsions. Sometimes the hybrid of it on account of factors such as surface-active substances (asphalt, lubricating oils, and waxes, among others) that are naturally present in crude oil and high force by which the oil is lifted. These emulsions are one of the major problems that producers, transporters, and refineries of crude oil face. This is because it not only leads to fouling, scaling, and degradation of the downstream equipment and pipelines but also decreases the calorific value of fuel, thereby affecting the overall profit and productivity of the company. Therefore, to avoid economic losses and operational challenges, water must be removed from crude oil before transportation and refining using a process called demulsification.

Offshore oil drilling is the process of extracting fossil fuels from beneath the ocean's surface. This is due to the abundance of oil wells on the ocean floor. However, identifying offshore oil resources and setting up an oil rig on the water's surface can be challenging. Therefore, offshore drilling has become more expensive. Offshore drilling is more expensive than onshore drilling; for example, a single offshore drilling rig can meet a considerable amount of a country's energy requirements. This lessens reliance on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and diminishes the possibility of oil price manipulation.

Although the raw materials required to manufacture paints and coatings have a relatively smaller margin (approximately 5%), they are extremely important components of the global chemicals industry. The different ingredients used to manufacture paints and coatings include resins, solvents, additives, pigments, and fillers. Resins are the most widely used raw materials as they account for around 49% of the total raw materials by value, followed by pigments and fillers, additives, and solvents. Coating resins are fundamental components of coating raw materials used to formulate paints and coating materials. Also, coating resins are added in small quantities to coating materials to enhance their features during manufacturing, storage, transport, and application.

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