Detection of the onset of asphaltene precipitation in a heavy oil-solvent system

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2007, CIPC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Luo, P ^a   Kladkaew, N ^a   Gu, Y ^a   Saiwan, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; GASOLINE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROPANE; SOLVENTS;

ASPHALTENE AGGREGATION; ASPHALTENE PRECIPITATION; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY PROCESS; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS; OIL-SOLVENT SYSTEMS; SATURATION PRESSURE;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 85085407864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2007-096     Document Type: Conference Paper

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