Pressure effect on the thermal cracking of the light aromatic fraction of Safaniya crude oil - Implications for deep prospects

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1155-1169

  Al Darouich, T ^a,b   Behar, F ^a   Largeau, C ^b  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACKING REACTIONS; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; POLYAROMATIC RESIDUES; SECONDARY CRACKING;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

PETROLEUM REFINING;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; FRACTIONATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIGHT EFFECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PRESSURE; PYROLYSIS; SIMULATION; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 33747891468     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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