Refinery plugging by residual oil gellant chemicals in crude: Understanding and preventing the problem through new oil gellant chemistry

Canadian International Petroleum Conference 2004, CIPC 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Taylor, R S ^a   Stemler, P ^b   Cheng, A ^a   Tamayo, C ^a   Funkhouser, G P ^a   Lemieux, A ^c  

^a HALLIBURTON   (United States)

^b PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

^c Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; EMULSIFICATION; ESTERS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GAS PLANTS; GASOLINE; GELATION; LABORATORIES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WELL STIMULATION;

CHEMICAL PRODUCERS; ECONOMIC VALUE ADDED; FRACTURING OPERATIONS; FRACTURING TREATMENTS; PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS; PIPELINE COMPANIES; REFINERY DISTILLATION; TESTING LABORATORIES;

PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

EID: 85088773001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/2004-049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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