An experimental study at an Abu Dhabi reservoir of asphaltene precipitation caused by gas injection

SPE Production and Facilities

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 115-125

  Negahban, Shahin ^a   Bahamaish, Jamal N M ^a   Joshi, Nikhil ^b   Nighswander, John ^b   Jamaluddin, A K M ^c  

^a ADCO   (United Arab Emirates)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; FILTRATION; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; LASER OPTICS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEPARATORS;

ABU DHABI, UAE; ASPHALTENE; GAS INJECTION; HIGH-PRESSURE MICROSCOPY (HPM);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD;

UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 20444424622     PISSN: 1064668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/80261-PA     Document Type: Article

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