Novel approaches to waxy crude restart: Part 1: Thermal shrinkage of waxy crude oil and the impact for pipeline restart

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 237-253

  Phillips, David A ^a   Forsdyke, Ivor N ^a   McCracken, Ian R ^b   Ravenscroft, Paul D ^b  

^a Kernow Analytical Technology Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BP EXPLORATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Numerical simulation; Pipeline restart; Shrinkage flow; Viscosity map; Void space; Waxy crude oil

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; DESIGN TOOL; GEL STATE; LABORATORY TEST; LABORATORY TESTING; MEASURED PARAMETERS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PARAMETRIC TESTING; PIPELINE DESIGN; PREDICTIVE ERROR; SEMI-SOLIDS; THERMAL SHRINKAGE; THERMALLY DRIVEN; VOID SPACE; WAXY CRUDE; WAXY CRUDE OIL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE OIL; GELS; SHRINKAGE; VISCOSITY;

PIPELINES;

CRUDE OIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIPELINE; SHRINKAGE; VISCOSITY; VOID;

EID: 79959757361     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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