Downhole fluid analysis and asphaltene nanoscience for reservoir evaluation measurement

SPWLA 53rd Annual Logging Symposium 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mullins, Oliver C ^a   Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Dong, Chengli ^b   Andrew, A Ballard ^a   Elshahawi, Hani ^b   Pfeiffer, Thomas ^a   Cribbs, Myrt E ^c   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^a  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Shell Exploration and Production Inc   (United States)

^c Chevron North America   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; NANOSCIENCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; EQUATION OF STATE; MOLECULAR LEVELS; PREDICTIVE EQUATION OF STATE; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; YEN-MULLINS MODELS;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84878504085     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (32)

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2. O.C. Mullins, E.Y. Sheu, A. Ha Marshall, (Editors), Asphaltenes, Heavy Oils and Petroleomics, Springer, New York, (2007)
3. O.C. Mullins, The Asphaltenes, Annual Review of Analytical Chemistry, 4, 393-418, (2011)
4. O.C. Mullins, The Modified Yen Model, Energy & Fuels, 24, 2179-2207, (2010)
5. H. Sabbah, A.L. Morrow, A.E. Pomerantz Zare, Evidence for Island Structures as the Dominant Architecture of Asphaltenes, Energy & Fue 1604, (2011)
6. O.C. Mullins, H. Sabbah, J. Eyssautier, A Pomerantz, L. Barré, A.B. Andrews, Y F. Mostowfi, R. McFarlane, L. Goual, R Cooper, J. Orbulescu, R.M. Leblanc, J. Zare, Advances in Asphaltene Science and the Yen Mullins Model, accepted, Energy & Fuels
7. J.Y. Zuo, H. Elshahawi, C. Dong, A.S. Latifzai, D., Zhang, O.C. Mullins, DFA Assessment of Connectivity for Active Gas Charging Reservoirs Using DFA Asphaltene Gradients, SPE #145438, ATCE, (2011)
8. H. Elshahawi, R. Shyamalan, J.Y. Zuo, C. Dong, O.C. Mullins, D. Zhang, Y. Ruiz-Morales, Advanced Reservoir Evaluation Using Downhole Fluid Analysis and Asphaltene Flory-Huggins-Zuo Equation of State, Cartagena, Colombia, SPWLA, (2012)
9. D. Freed, O.C. Mullins, J. Zuo, Asphaltene gradients in the presence of GOR gradients, Energy & Fuels, 24 (7), pp. 3942-3949, (2010)
10. J.Y. Zuo, D. Freed, O.C. Mullins, D. Zhang, A. Gisolf, Interpretation of DFA Color Gradients in Oil Columns Using the Flory-Huggins Solubility Model, SPE 130305, Int. Oil & Gas Conf. Beijing, China, June (2010)
11. O.C. Mullins, D.E. Freed, J.Y. Zuo, H Elshahawi, M.E. Cribbs, V.K. Mishra, A. Gisolf, Downhole Fluid Analysis coupled with Asphalene Nanoscience for Reservoir Evaluation, Presented in Perth, Australia, SPWLA, (2010)
12. S.S. Betancourt, F.X. Dubost, O.C. Mullins, M.E. Cribbs, J.L. Creek, S.G. Mathews, Predicting Downhole Fluid Analysis Logs to Investigate Reservoir Connectivity, SPE IPTC 11488, Dubai, UAE, (2007)
13. O.C. Mullins, The Physics of Reservoir Fluids; Discovery through Downhole Fluid Analysis," Schlumberger Press, (2008). The Spanish language version of this book will be released at the SPWLA meeting in Cartagena.
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15. J. Orbulescu, O.C. Mullins, R.M. Leblanc, Surface chemistry and spectroscopy of UG8 asphaltene, Langmuir film, Part 1, Langmuir, 26(19), 15257-15264, (2010)
16. M.D. Lobato, J.M. Pedrosa, D. Mobius, S. Lago, Optical characterization of asphaltenes at the air-water interface. Langmuir 25, 1377-84, (2009)
17. T. Pfeiffer, Z. Reza, D.S. Schechter, W.D. McCain, O.C. Mullins, Fluid Composition Equilibrium; a Proxy for Reservoir Connectivity, SPE Offshore Europe Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition held in Aberdeen, UK, (2011)
18. C. Dong, D. Petro, A. Latifzai, J.Y. Zuo, D. Pomerantz, O.C. Mullins, Ron S. Hayden, Reservoir Characterization of from Analysis of Reservoir Fluid Property and Asphaltene Equation of State, Cartagena, Colombia, SPWLA, (2012)
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22. D.J. Seifert, M. Zeybek, C. Dong, J.Y. Zuo, O.C. Mullins, Black Oil, Heavy Oil and Tar In One Oil Column Understood By Simple Asphaltene Nanoscience, submitted ADIPEC 2012
23. V. Mishra, N. Hammou, C. Skinner, D. MacDonald, E. Lehne, J. Wu, J.Y. Zuo, C. Dong, O.C. Mullins, Downhole Fluid Analysis & Asphaltene Nanoscience coupled with VIT for Risk Reduction in Black Oil Production, SPE ATCE, accepted (2012)
24. I.K. Yudin, M.A. Anisimov, Dynamic light scattering monitoring of asphaltene aggregation in crude oils and hydrocarbon solutions. See Ref. 2, pp. 439-66, (2007)
25. Private communication, Professor William W. Mullins, (deceased), Carnegie-Mellon University
26. L. Goual, M. Sedghi, H. Zeng, F. Mostowfi, R. McFarlane, O.C. Mullins, On the Formation and Properties of Asphaltene Nanoaggregates and Cluster by DC-Conductivity and Centrifugation, Fuel, 90, 2480-2490, (2011)
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30. Dr. Irv Weihe, Private communication
31. H. Elshahawi, A.S. Latifzai, Dong, J.Y. Zuo, O.C. Mullins, Understanding Reservoir Architecture Using Downhole Fluid Analysis and Asphaltene Science, Presented, Colorado Springs, SPWLA, Ann., Symp., (2011)
32. J.Y. Zuo, H. Elshahawi, C. Dong, A.S. Latifzai, D., Zhang, O.C. Mullins, DFA Assessment of Connectivity for Active Gas Charging Reservoirs Using DFA Asphaltene Gradients, SPE 145438, ATCE, (2011)