Model-assisted analysis of simultaneous paraffin and asphaltene deposition in laboratory core tests

Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-321

  Wang, Shaojun ^a,b,c   Civan, Faruk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Object Reservoir   (United States)

^c SPE

Author keywords

Asphaltene; Damage; Paraffin; Permeability; Porosity; Simultaneous deposition

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE DEPOSITION; DAMAGE;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SOLUBILITY;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 28444461115     PISSN: 01950738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1924466     Document Type: Article

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