New correlating parameter for the viscosity of heavy crude oils

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2586-2592

  Al Maamari, Rashid S ^a   Houache, Omar ^a   Abdul Wahab, Sabah A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (CO); HEAVY CRUDE OILS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33845995879     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0603030     Document Type: Article

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