The importance of asphaltene content in petroleum-the revision of some persistent stereotypes

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 756-763

  Evdokimov, I N ^a  

^a GUBKIN RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF OIL AND GAS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asphaltenes; Correlations; Crude oils; Density asphaltene; Phase boundaries

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ASPHALTENE CONTENT; ASPHALTENE PHASE; BULK PROPERTIES; COMMON KNOWLEDGE; CORRELATIONS; DATABASE ANALYSIS; GENERAL TRENDS; MONOTONIC FUNCTIONS; OIL DENSITY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;

CRUDE OIL;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 77951158912     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460902804739     Document Type: Article

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