Black oil, heavy oil and tar in one oil column understood by simple asphaltene nanoscience

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference 2012, ADIPEC 2012 - Sustainable Energy Growth: People, Responsibility, and Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 918-928

  Seifert, Douglas J ^a   Zeybek, Murat ^b   Dong, Chengli ^b   Zuo, Julian Y ^b   Mullins, Oliver C ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GASOLINE; NANOSCIENCE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; TAR; VISCOSITY;

ASPHALTENE CONTENT; ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; OIL PRODUCTION; OIL WATER CONTACT; PREDICTIVE EQUATION OF STATE; RESERVOIR CONNECTIVITIES; ROBUST APPLICATION; YEN-MULLINS MODELS;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84879428589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161144-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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