Permeable tar mat formation within the context of novel asphaltene science

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition 2012, KIPCE 2012: People and Innovative Technologies to Unleash Challenging Hydrocarbon Resources

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-248

  Dumont, Hadrien ^a   Mishra, Vinay ^a   Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Mullins, Oliver C ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; EQUATION OF STATE; FLUID ANALYSIS; NATURAL WATERS; OIL WATER CONTACT; PERNICIOUS EFFECT; WATER INJECTORS; YEN-MULLINS MODELS;

AQUIFERS; ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EXHIBITIONS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INNOVATION; OIL FIELDS; WATER INJECTION;

TAR;

EID: 84878267470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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