Increase heavy-oil production in combustion tube experiments through the use of catalyst

Proceedings of the SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1325-1334

  Ramirez Garnica M A ^a   Mamora, D D ^b   Nares, H R ^a   Schacht Hernandez P ^a   Mohammad, A A ^b   Cabrera Reyes, M C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL PETRÓLEO   (Mexico)

^b Poultry Science Department Texas AandM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOLOMITE CARBONATED ROCK; LIQUID PHASE; ORGANOMETALLIC CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; COMBUSTION EQUIPMENT; CRUDE PETROLEUM; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ORGANOMETALLICS;

EID: 34547920715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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