Heavy oil and tar mat characterization within a single oil column utilizing 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 223-234

  Seifert, Douglas J ^a   Qureshi, Ahmed ^b   Zeybek, Murat ^b   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^b   Zuo, Julian Y ^b   Mullins, Oliver C ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY; ASPHALTENE CONTENT; ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; MONOTONIC BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVE ELEMENTS; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; EXHIBITIONS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBONS; INNOVATION; OIL FIELDS; SULFUR; TAR; VISCOSITY; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84878280846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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