Challenges of heavy oil fluid sampling and characterization

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 924-935

  Nagarajan, N R ^a   Dong, C ^b   Mullins, O C ^b   Honarpour, M M ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; DATA ACQUISITION; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GAS OILS; HOLE MOBILITY; LABORATORIES; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PROVEN RESERVES; VISCOSITY;

HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HYDROCARBON RESERVES; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; UNCONSOLIDATED FORMATIONS; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84874104005     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/158450-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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