Experimental investigation on asphaltene deposition in porous media during miscible gas injection

Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Mousavi Dehghani, Sayed Ali ^a   Vafaie Sefti, Mohsen ^b   Mirzayi, Behruz ^b   Fasih, Mahdi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene deposition; Miscible gas injection; Permeability reduction; Porous media; Wettability alteration

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449126968     PISSN: 10219986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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