Characterization of petroleum deposits formed in a producing well by synchrotron radiation-based microanalyses

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1199-1212

  Chouparova, E ^a   Lanzirotti, A ^b   Feng, H ^a   Jones, K W ^a   Marinkovic, N ^c   Whitson, C ^d   Philp, P ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METALS; MICROANALYSIS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ALIPHATIC STRUCTURES; ATOMIC RATIO; METALS DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION BASED MICROANALYSES; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSES;

PETROLEUM DEPOSITS;

EID: 4043128208     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef030108a     Document Type: Article

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