Cloud points: Can we measure or model them?

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 345-358

  Hammami, Ahmed ^a   Ratulowski, John ^a   Coutinho, João A P ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; HYDROCARBONS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD POINTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0038476456     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/LFT-120018524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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