Catalytic effects of nano-size metal ions in breaking asphaltene molecules during thermal recovery of heavy-oil

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 1903-1912

  Greff, J H ^a   Babadagli, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS; CATALYSTS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRUDE OIL; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROGEN; METAL IONS; METALS; MICROWAVE HEATING; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMAL OIL RECOVERY; VISCOSITY;

AROMATIC CONTENTS; ASPHALTENE CONTENT; CARBON SULFUR BONDS; CATALYTIC EFFECTS; DISPLACEMENT EXPERIMENTS; EFFICIENT PROCESS; HEAVY OIL AND BITUMENS; VISCOSITY REDUCTION;

METAL RECOVERY;

EID: 84856645836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/146604-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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