The key to predicting emulsion stability: Solid content

SPE Production and Operations

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-364

  Poindexter, Michael K ^a   Chuai, Shaokun ^b   Marble, Robert A ^a   Marsh, Samuel C ^a  

^a NALCO COMPANY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEMULSIFICATION; STABILITY;

CHEMICAL DEMULSIFIERS; EMULSION STABILITY;

EMULSIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; STABILITY;

CRUDE OIL; EMULSION; OIL FIELD;

EID: 33748457667     PISSN: 19301855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/93008-pa     Document Type: Article

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