Flow properties of water-in-North Sea heavy crude oil emulsions

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-23

  Keleşoǧlu, Serkan ^a   Pettersen, Bjørnar H ^b   Sjöblom, Johan ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flow properties; North Sea heavy crude oil; Pipeline transport; Rheology; Water in heavy crude oil emulsions

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DROPS; ELASTICITY; EMULSIONS; FLOW RATE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PIPELINES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR THINNING; VOLUME FRACTION;

DIGITAL VIDEO MICROSCOPY; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLOW PROPERTIES; HEAVY CRUDE OIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR); PIPELINE TRANSPORT; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT;

CRUDE OIL;

CRUDE OIL; FLUID FLOW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OIL PIPELINE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84871855803     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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