Live oils novel Organic Solid Deposition and Control device: Wax deposition validation

SPE Middle East Oil and Gas Show and Conference, MEOS, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1007-1011

  Zougari, M ^a   Hammami, A ^a   Broze, G ^b   Fuex, N ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL ENTRAPMENT; ORGANIC SOLID DEPOSITION AND CONTROL DEVICE (OSDC); PIGGING FREQUENCY; WAX DEPOSITION TESTS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEPOSITION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM PIPELINES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TURBULENCE;

WAXES;

EID: 22244438591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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