Asphaltene nanoscience and reservoir fluid gradients, tar mat formation, and the oil-water interface

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2387-2400

  Mullins, Oliver C ^a   Pomerantz, Andrew E ^a   Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Andrews, A Ballard ^a   Hammond, Paul ^a   Dong, Chengli ^b   Elshahawi, Hani ^b   Seifert, Douglas J ^c   Rane, Jayant P ^d   Banerjee, Sanjoy ^d   Pauchard, Vincent ^e  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^d New York City Teaching Fellows   (United States)

^e SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; EQUATIONS OF STATE; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NANOSCIENCE; OIL FIELDS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLS; TAR; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGREGATION NUMBERS; AROMATIC RING SYSTEM; ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; OIL WATER INTERFACES; OIL WATER INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES; TENSION MEASUREMENT;

ASPHALTENES;

EID: 84894125435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/166278-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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