Characterization of Gas-to-Liquid (GTL) and Alaska North Slope Crude (ANSC) oil blend properties for flow through the trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) by density and viscosity measurements

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 301-314

  Ramakrishnan, Hariharan ^a   Khataniar, Santanu ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit Y ^a   Patil, Shirish L ^a   Chukwu, Godwin A ^a   Kamath, Vidyadhar A ^a   Haslebacher, William F ^b   Hackworth, John H ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ANS; GTL; TAPS; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DENSITOMETERS; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENHANCED RECOVERY; NATURAL GAS; PIPE FLOW; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

ANTON-PAAR VIBRATING TUBE DENSITOMER; OIL BLEND;

PETROLEUM ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037220154     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120016950     Document Type: Article

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