Experimental investigation of asphaltene precipitation during oil- Solvent flow in core samples

13th European Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 602-609

  Papadimitriou, N I ^a   Romanos, G E ^a   Stubos, A K ^a   Steriotis, T H A ^a   Chatzichristos, C ^b   Aurdal, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; ASPHALTENES DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION; DEPOSITION DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MISCIBLE GAS INJECTION; POROSITY AND PORE SIZE;

CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; FLOODS; LASERS; MIXING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 72449182715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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