Asphaltene precipitation in live crude oil during natural depletion: Experimental investigation and modeling

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 336, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-70

  Kord, Shahin ^a   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asphaltene precipitation; Deposition; Scaling equation; Solid model; Solubility

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; DATA SETS; DEAD-OIL; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLORY-HUGGINS; LIVE OIL; MECHANISM OF PHASE SEPARATION; NATURAL DEPLETION; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR FLUID; SCALING EQUATIONS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SOLID MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC METHODS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

CRUDE OIL; DEPOSITION; OIL FIELDS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PHASE STABILITY; SOLUBILITY;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84866724859     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fluid.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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