Monitoring bitumen upgrading, bitumen recovery, and characterization of core extracts by hydrocarbon group-type SARA analysis

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 632-645

  Carbognani, L ^a   Roa Fuentes, L C ^a   Diaz, L ^a   Lopez Linares, F ^a   Vasquez, A ^a,b   Pereira Almao, P ^a   Haghigat, P ^a   Maini, B B ^a   Spencer, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Shell Research Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Bitumen; Hydrocarbon; SARA; Separation; TLC

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA; ANALYSIS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BITUMEN; BITUMEN RECOVERY; BITUMEN UPGRADING; FLAME IONIZATION DETECTION; ORGANIC EXTRACTS; RESERVOIR CORES; SMALL SAMPLES; SOLVENT BASED; TLC-FID; TYPE ANALYSIS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HYDROCARBONS; RESINS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BITUMINOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 77951202557     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460903073185     Document Type: Article

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