Nanoaggregates of asphaltenes in a reservoir crude oil and reservoir connectivity

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1178-1188

  Betancourt, Soraya S ^a   Ventura, G Todd ^b   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^a   Viloria, Oswaldo ^c   Dubost, Francois X ^a   Zuo, Julian ^a   Monson, Gene ^c   Bustamante, Diane ^c   Purcell, Jeremiah M ^d   Nelson, Robert K ^b   Rodgers, Ryan P ^d   Reddy, Christopher M ^b   Marshall, Alan G ^d   Mullins, Oliver C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c Pioneer Natural Resources   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION NUMBERS; ANALYTICAL CHEMICALS; BLACK OIL; BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTIONS; BUOYANCY TERMS; COLLOIDAL PARTICLES; COLLOIDAL SIZES; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIES; CRITICAL CONSTANTS; CRUDE OIL; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; EQUATION OF STATE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCES; FT-ICR MS; GRAVITATIONAL SEDIMENTATIONS; IN-SITU ANALYSIS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MASS FRACTIONS; NANOAGGREGATES; OIL SAMPLES; SIZE RANGES; VERTICAL COLUMNS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CRUDE PETROLEUM; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FULLERENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESINS; TOLUENE;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 64249102067     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef800598a     Document Type: Conference Paper

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