Wax formation from synthetic oil systems and reservoir fluids

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2390-2395

  Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EQUATIONS OF STATE OF LIQUIDS; FORECASTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

AVERAGE DEVIATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION PROCEDURES; COMPONENT SYSTEMS; CRITICAL CONDITIONS; DATA REGRESSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FLOW ASSURANCES; HIGH PRESSURES; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LIQUID PHASES; MODEL FRAMEWORKS; NON IDEALITIES; PETROLEUM FLUIDS; RESERVOIR FLUIDS; ROBINSON EQUATIONS; SYNTHETIC OILS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS; UNIQUAC; WAX APPEARANCE TEMPERATURES; WAX COMPOSITIONS; WAX FORMATIONS; WAX MODELS; WAX PRECIPITATIONS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 57049132795     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800056d     Document Type: Article

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