Analysis of downhole asphaltene gradients in oil reservoirs with a new bimodal asphaltene distribution function

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1047-1058

  Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Mullins, Oliver C ^b   Freed, Denise ^b   Zhang, Dan ^a   Dong, Chengli ^c   Zeng, Huang ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (Canada)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; COLOR GRADIENTS; DOWNHOLE CONDITIONS; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; DOWNHOLES; EQUATION OF STATE; EQUILIBRIUM DISTRIBUTIONS; FLORY-HUGGINS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PROPERTY; GAS-OIL RATIO; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GRADING MODEL; HEAVY RESINS; LARGE PARTS; MOLAR VOLUMES; MULLINS; MULTICOMPONENTS; NANOAGGREGATES; OIL COLUMN; OIL RESERVOIRS; OPTICAL DENSITIES; PERMEABLE ROCKS; PRIMARY FACTORS; REAL TIME; REGULAR SOLUTION MODEL; RESERVOIR COMPLEXITY; SOLUBILITY PARAMETERS;

COLOR; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; HEXANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESINS; SOLUBILITY;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 79954589305     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je101034s     Document Type: Article

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