An experimental investigation of asphaltene precipitation during natural production of heavy and light oil reservoirs: The role of pressure and temperature

Petroleum Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1054-1065

  Alizadeh, A ^a   Nakhli, H ^a   Kharrat, R ^b   Ghazanfari, M H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

asphaltene precipitation; instability; modeling; pressure depletion; screening

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE INSTABILITY; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; COMMERCIAL SIMULATORS; CRUDE SAMPLES; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HEAVY CRUDES; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE FILTRATION; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY ANALYSIS; LIGHT OIL; LIGHT OIL RESERVOIRS; LIVE OIL; LOWER PRESSURES; MODELING; OIL RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRESSURE DEPLETION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; TEMPERATURE DATA; TEMPERATURE LEVEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79953078072     PISSN: 10916466     EISSN: 15322459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10916460903530531     Document Type: Article

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