Asphaltene nanoaggregates measured in a live crude oil by centrifugation

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 4460-4469

  Indo, Kentaro ^a   Ratulowski, John ^a   Dindoruk, Birol ^b   Gao, Jinglin ^a   Zuo, Julian ^a   Mullins, Oliver C ^c  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTION; CRUDE OIL; DATA FITTINGS; DISSOLVED GAS; DISSOLVED GAS CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED PRESSURE; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GAS/OIL RATIOS; LIQUID PHASE; NANOAGGREGATES; OIL COLUMN; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; SOLUBILITY MODELS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; BUOYANCY; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DISSOLUTION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESINS; SAND;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 70349484199     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef900369r     Document Type: Article

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