Waxy crude cold start: Assessment through gel structural properties

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 729-739

  Cazaux, G ^a   Barre L ^a   Brucy, F ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRUDE OIL; PARAFFINS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; FLUID MECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TEMPERATURE;

DESCRIPTION MODEL; GEL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; GEL-LIKE NETWORKS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRUCTURAL MODELING; TEMPERATURE DECREASE; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURE;

PARAFFIN OILS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES;

GEL STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; STOCK TANK CRUDE OILS; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURE; WAXY CRUDE COLD START;

EID: 0031620214     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/49213-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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