Effect of some physicalchemical variables on the formation and stability of foam in an oil-air system and their correlation with the formation of foamy crude oil

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1557-1565

  Marcano, L ^a   Gutierrez, X ^a   Perez, B ^b   Martinez E ^a  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^b Universidad Nacional Experimental Politecnica Antonio Jose de Sucre   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW; AIR SYSTEMS; ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS; CRUDE OIL; ENGINE OIL; FOAM FORMATION; FOAM GENERATION; FOAM PRODUCTION; FOAMABILITY; GAS SYSTEMS; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; OIL-AIR; STATIC STABILITY; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; VENEZUELA;

AIR; DISSOLUTION; LUBRICATING OILS; MINING ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLAR RADIATION; STABILIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 70449775817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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