The importance of asphaltene content in petroleum III-New criteria for prediction of incompatibility in crude oil blends

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1351-1357

  Evdokimov, I N ^a  

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

Author keywords

asphaltene content; criteria; crude oils; incompatibility; oil blends

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CHANGE; ASPHALTENE CONTENT; DENSITY PEAKING; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; NANO-COLLOIDS; SOLID SEDIMENT;

CRUDE OIL; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 77954644440     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460903096731     Document Type: Article

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