Reducing emulsion problems by controlling asphaltene solubility and precipitation

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 1999-September, Issue , 1998, Pages 145-156

  Kokal, Sunil ^a   Al Juraid, Jamal ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; AGGLOMERATION; CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; GAS PLANTS; OSTWALD RIPENING; PETROLEUM ADDITIVES; PHASE INTERFACES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; EMULSIONS; FLOCCULATION; SOLUBILITY;

CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION; EMULSION STABILIZATION; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; OIL WATER INTERFACES; SAUDI ARAMCO; WATER OIL INTERFACE; WINTER MONTHS;

ASPHALTENES; SEPARATORS;

ASPHALTENE; DISPERSANT; GAS OIL SEPARATING PLANT; OIL WATER INTERFACE;

EID: 0031628876     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/48995-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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