Mitigation of paraffin wax deposition in cretaceous crude oils of Wyoming

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 11-19

  Towler, Brian F ^a   Rebbapragada, Surya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical inhibitors; Flow tube apparatus; Mitigation; Wax deposition

Indexed keywords

MITIGATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRUDE PETROLEUM; DEPOSITION; PARAFFINS;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

CRUDE OIL;

EID: 8744316804     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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