Improvement of heavy oil recovery in the vapex process using montmorillonite nanoclays;Amélioration de la récupération d'huile lourde par utilisation de nanoargiles de montmorillonite dans le procédé vapex

Oil and Gas Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1005-1016

  Pourabdollah, K ^a   Zarringhalam Moghaddam, A ^b   Kharrat, R ^c   Mokhtari, B ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE CONTENT; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GLASS BEAD; HEAVY OIL; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; IN-SITU; INTERFACIAL SURFACE; MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE; NANO CLAYS; NANOCLAY PARTICLES; OIL MATRIX; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL RESERVOIRS; PROPAGATION PATTERN; SOLVENT CONSUMPTION; VAPOR CHAMBER; VAPOR INJECTION;

ASPHALTENES; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PROPANE; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VAPORS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

ASPHALTENE; CLAY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; HEAVY OIL; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MONTMORILLONITE; OIL PRODUCTION; PROPANE;

EID: 84856056954     PISSN: 12944475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst/2011109     Document Type: Article

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