The colloidal structure of crude oil and the structure of oil reservoirs

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2785-2794

  Mullins, Oliver C ^a   Betancourt, Soraya S ^a   Cribbs, Myrt E ^b   Dubost, Francois X ^a   Creek, Jefferson L ^b   Andrews, A Ballard ^a   Venkataramanan, Lalitha ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

ASPHALTENE GRAVITATIONAL GRADIENT; ASPHALTENE-RESIN MICELLE MODEL;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 35349005872     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0700883     Document Type: Article

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