Enhanced solvent dissolution into in-situ upgraded heavy oil under different pressures

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 252, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 143-151

  Luo, Peng ^a   Yang, Chaodong ^b   Gu, Yongan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asphaltene precipitation; Heavy oil solvent system; In situ upgrading; Solvent based heavy oil recovery

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISSOLUTION; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; DYNAMIC PENDANT DROP VOLUME ANALYSIS (DPDVA); HEAVY OIL SOLVENT SYSTEM; SOLVENT BASED HEAVY OIL RECOVERY;

ENHANCED RECOVERY;

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISSOLUTION; ENHANCED RECOVERY; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33846909841     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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