New theory for naphthenic acid corrosivity of Athabasca oilsands crudes

NACE Meeting Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Messer, B ^a   Tarleton, B ^a   Beaton, M ^a   Phillips, T ^b  

^a Fluor Canada Ltd   (Canada)

^b FLUOR CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha; Beta; Naphthenic acid; Naphthenic acid corrosion (NAC); Oilsand bitumen crude; Opportunity crude; Reactive sulfur; TAN

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646206954     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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