The gas-oil interfacial behavior during gas injection into an asphaltenic oil reservoir

Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2513-2526

  Escrochi, Mehdi ^a   Mehranbod, Nasir ^a   Ayatollahi, Shahab ^a,b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; COMPONENT EXTRACTION; DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS; INTERFACIAL BEHAVIORS; INTERFACIAL FORCES; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; NON-CONDENSABLE GAS; RECOVERY EFFICIENCY;

ASPHALTENES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRUDE OIL; GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLUBILITY;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84884200120     PISSN: 00219568     EISSN: 15205134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/je400403y     Document Type: Article

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