Productivity Decline in Oil Wells Related to Asphaltene Precipitation and Emulsion Blocks

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 3715-3726

  Kokal, Sunil ^a   Dawood, Naseem ^a   Fontanilla, Jerry ^a   AI Ghamdi, Abdullah ^a   Nasr EI Din, Hisham ^a   AI Rufaie, Yousef ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWING BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURES (FBHP); SOLVENT TREATMENT;

ASPHALT; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PRESSURE DROP; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS; WELL PRESSURE; WELL STIMULATION;

OIL WELL PRODUCTION;

EID: 1142302905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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