Asphaltenes precipitation from crude oil and hydrocarbon media

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2544-2551

  González, Gaspar ^a   Sousa, Marcia A ^b   Lucas, Elizabete F ^b  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OIL FIELDS; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM DISTILLATES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLUBILITY;

ASPHALTENES; HILDEBRAND SOLUBILITY; RESINS FRACTIONS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 33846023746     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef060220j     Document Type: Article

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