Correlations of characteristics of Saskatchewan crude oils/asphaltenes with their asphaltenes precipitation behavior and inhibition mechanisms: Differences between CO2- and n-heptane-induced asphaltene precipitation

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1354-1369

  Ibrahim, Hussam H ^a   Idem, Raphael O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEPTANE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OIL WELL FLOODING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REACTION KINETICS;

ASPHALTENES; CHEMICAL INHIBITOR EFFECTIVENESS; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; GATED SPIN ECHO SPECTROSCOPY; INHIBITION MECHANISMS; LIGHT OILS; MEDIUM OILS;

PETROLEUM DISTILLATES;

EID: 4844228702     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef034044f     Document Type: Article

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