Effect of a different formulation of demulsifiers on the efficiency of chemical demulsification of heavy crude oil

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2936-2945

  Razi, Maryam ^a   Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza ^a   Jahanmiri, Abdolhossein ^a   Azad, Farshad ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMULSIFIERS; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; NATURAL SURFACTANTS; OIL SLICKS; OPTIMUM FORMULATION; PETROLEUM PRODUCTION; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WATER SEPARATION;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRUDE OIL; DEMULSIFICATION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; HEAVY WATER; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 79959281254     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je2001733     Document Type: Article

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