Compositional changes for athabasca bitumen in the presence of oxygen under low temperature conditions

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 51-56

  Jia, N ^a,b,c   Moore, R G ^a,d,e,f,g   Mehta, S A ^a,h   Van Fraassen, K ^a   Ursenbach, M G ^a   Zalewski, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Petroleum Society   (Canada)

^c SPE   (Canada)

^d Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers (CSCHE)   (Canada)

^e HOT TEC Energy Inc

^f APEGGA   (Canada)

^g AIChE   (United States)

^h Canadian Energy Research Institute CERI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COMPOSITION; IMPURITIES; IN SITU COMBUSTION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; OSCILLATIONS; OXIDATION;

LOW TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; RESERVOIR TEMPERATURE; STEAM INJECTION; SYNTHETIC BRINE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 27644470617     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/05-09-06     Document Type: Article

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