Utilization of charged particles as an efficient way to improve rheological properties of heavy asphaltic petroleum fluids

SPE Latin American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1379-1387

  Alfi, Masoud ^a   Da Silva, Paulo F ^a   Barrufet, Maria A ^a   Moreira, Rosana G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERING PROPERTIES; COST-EFFICIENT; HEAVY OIL; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; HYDROCARBON MOLECULES; PETROLEUM FLUID; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SIMULATED DISTILLATION; SOURCES OF ENERGY; STABLE PROPERTY; THERMAL CRACKING; TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS; TREATMENT PROCESS; UPGRADING TECHNOLOGIES;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL); DISTILLATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HYDROCARBONS; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; VISCOMETERS;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 84864674688     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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