88
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

A Compositional Reservoir Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Asphaltene Onset Pressure

&

REFERENCES

  • Afshari, S., Kharrat, R., and Ghazanfari, M.H. (2010). Asphaltene precipitation study during natural depletion at reservoir conditions. SPE 130071, CPS/SPE International Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Beijing, China, June 8–10.
  • Burke, N.E., Hobbs, R.D., and Kashou, S.F. (1990). Measurement and modeling of asphaltene. J. Pet. Technol. 12:1440–1446.
  • Creek, J.L., Wang, J., and Buckley, J.S. (2009). Verification of asphaltene instability trend predictions for low molecular weight alkenes. SPE Prod. Oper. 24:360–368.
  • Gong, X., and Gu, Y. (2012). Experimental determination of asphaltene precipitation from different live heavy oils and technical evaluation of potential inhibitors for the primary depletion process. SPE 16258, Heavy Oil Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 12–14.
  • Hirschberg, A., deJong, L.N. J., Schipper, B.A., and Meijer, J.G. (1984). Influence of temperature and pressure on asphaltene flocculation. SPE J. 24:283–293.
  • Jamaluddin, A.K. M., Creek, J., Kabir, C.S., McFadden, J.D., Cruz, D., Manakalathil, J., Joshi, N., and Ross, B. (2002). Laboratory techniques to measure thermodynamic asphaltene instability. J. Can. Pet. Technol. 41.
  • Ju, B., Luan, Z., Wu, Z., and Lu, G. (2001). A study of removal organic formation damage by experiments and modeling approaches. SPE Asia Pacific Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17–19.
  • Khanifar, A., Alian, S., Demiral, B., and Darman, N. (2011). Study of asphaltene precipitation and deposition during WAG application. Enhance Oil Recovery, Kuala Lumpur, July 19–21.
  • Mansoori, G.A. (1997). Modeling of asphaltene and other heavy organic depositions. J. Pet. Sci. Eng. 17:101–111.
  • Negahban, S., Joshi, N., Jamaluddin, A.K. M., and Nighswander, J. (2003). A systematic approach for experimental study of asphaltene deposition for an Abu Dhabi reservoir under WAG development plan. International Symposium on Oil Field Chemistry, Houston, Texas, February 5–7.
  • Oskui, M.R. P., Jumaa, M.A., and Abuhained, W. (2009). Laboratory investigation of asphaltene precipitation problems during CO2/hydrocarbon injection project for EOR application in Kuwaiti reservoir. Kuwait International Petroleum Conference and Exhibition, Kuwait City, Kuwait, December 14–16.
  • Pfeiffer, J.P., and Saal, R.N. J. (1940). Asphaltene bitumen as colloid system. J. Phys. Chem. 44:139–149.
  • Sanchez, N.L. (2007). A general approach for asphaltene modeling. SPE 107191, American and Caribbean Petroleum Engineering Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 15–18.
  • . Stankiewicz, A. B., Flannery, M. D., Fuex, N. A., Broze, G., Couch, J. L., Dubey, S. T., Iyer, S. D., Ratulowski, J., Westerich, J. T. (2002). Prediction of asphaltene deposition risk in E&P operations, AIChE 2002 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, pp. 410–416.
  • . Wang, J. (2000). Predicting asphaltene flocculation in crude oils. PhD Thesis, NMIMT.
  • Wang, X., Creek, J.L., and Buckley, J.S. (2006). Screening for simulation asphaltene problems. SPE 103137, SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, September 24–27.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.