Tailoring hydrocarbon streams for asphaltene removal

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 80-83

  Del Bianco, Alberto ^a,c   Stroppa, Fabrizio ^a   Bertero, Luigi ^b,d  

^a Eniricerche SpA   (Italy)

^b AGIP SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE REMOVAL;

CONDENSATION; DEPOSITS; NAPHTHALENE; OIL FIELDS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PARAFFIN PROBLEMS;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 0031140944     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/28992-PA     Document Type: Article

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