Characterization of paraffinic deposits in crude oil storage tanks using high temperature gas chromatography

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1974-1983

  Boukadi, A ^a   Philp, R P ^b   Thanh, N X ^c  

^a ENTREPRISE TUNISIENNE D'ACTIVITÉS PÉTROLIÈRES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Department of Geochemistry   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Crude oils; HTGC; Paraffins; Solid deposits; Storage tanks; Tunisia; Waxes

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; STORAGE TANKS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 25444492028     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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