Field-scale modeling of asphaltene transport in porous media

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 1998, ADIPEC 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 789-797

  Al Adhab, H ^a   Kocabas, I ^b   Islam, M R ^b  

^a SPE ^*  (Japan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ASPHALTENES; BOREHOLES; CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; GASOLINE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELL FLOODING; OIL WELLS; POROUS MATERIALS;

ASPHALTENE ADSORPTION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; COUPLED MATHEMATICAL MODELING; FIELD-SCALE MODELING; PERMEABILITY DAMAGE; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0007568825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/49546-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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