Improvements in single-phase paraffin deposition modeling

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 237-244

  Hernandez, O C ^a   Hensley, Harvey D ^b   Sarica, Cem ^c   Brill, James P ^d   Volk Jr , Michael ^d   Delle Case, Emmanuel ^e  

^a TECHNIP   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Petroleum Engineering   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; FLUIDS; HARDNESS;

BLACK OIL; PARAFFIN DEPOSITION MODELING;

PARAFFINS;

DEPOSITION; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; PARAFFIN; WAX; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 10944241824     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84502-PA     Document Type: Article

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