Styrene-maleic anhydride copolymer esters as flow improvers of waxy crude oil

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 139-146

  Al Sabagh, A M ^a   Noor El Din, M R ^a   Morsi, R E ^b   Elsabee, M Z ^b  

^a Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

branched styrene maleic anhydride copolymers; flow improvers; pour point depressants; rheological behavior

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED STYRENE-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMERS; COMB LIKES; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; FLOW IMPROVERS; FLOW PROPERTIES; FTIR; INTRINSIC VISCOSITIES; POUR POINT DEPRESSANTS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; WAXY CRUDE OIL; YIELD VALUES;

COPOLYMERIZATION; COPOLYMERS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ESTERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYMERS; PUMPING PLANTS; RHEOLOGY; STYRENE; VISCOSITY;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

CRUDE OIL; ESTER; FLOW STABILITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; P-T CONDITIONS; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 61949206773     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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