A review on asphaltenes characterization by X-ray diffraction: Fundamentals, challenges, and tips

Z Sadeghtabaghi, AR Rabbani… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Asphaltenes with complicated molecular structures consist of many aromatic portions, alkyl
chains, and different functional groups. Various methods can determine their average …

An integrated model for asphaltene deposition in wellbores/pipelines above bubble pressures

Q Guan, A Goharzadeh, JC Chai, FM Vargas… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2018 - Elsevier
Asphaltene has been recognized as the cholesterol of petroleum for decades due to its
precipitation and deposition in oil production, transportation and processing facilities …

Effects of asphaltene deposition-derived formation damage on three-phase hysteretic models for prediction of coupled CO2 enhanced oil recovery and storage …

J Cho, TH Kim, N Chang, KS Lee - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Asphaltenes, precipitated from oil due to pressure, temperature, or oil compositional
changes, can affect not only the performance of CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR), but also …

Characterization of asphaltene deposition process in flow loop apparatus; An experimental investigation and modeling approach

AK Ghahfarokhi, P Kor, R Kharrat… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper describes the results of experimental tests in co-injection of precipitant agent/oil
through a flow-loop setup to measure and characterize the deposition of precipitated …

Simulation Study of sc-CO2 Based Silylation for Decreasing Severity of Water Blockage and Salt Precipitation during Geological CO2 Storage in Deep Saline …

EA Pratama, M Myers, AK Permadi, A Saeedi - Transport in Porous Media, 2023 - Springer
Deep saline aquifers are often favorable for underground CO2 sequestration due to their
large capacity and relatively low likelihood for resource conflicts. However, many possible …

Compositional modeling with formation damage to investigate the effects of CO2–CH4 water alternating gas (WAG) on performance of coupled enhanced oil recovery …

J Cho, B Min, S Kwon, G Park, KS Lee - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study develops an integrative simulation model of a water alternating gas (WAG)
process that co-injects carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4)–CO 2–CH 4 WAG—for …

A new vapor-liquid-asphaltene three-phase equilibrium computation algorithm based on the free-asphaltene assumption

Z Chen, R Li, H Li - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2022 - Elsevier
Asphaltene precipitation is one of the major flow-assurance problems in petroleum
engineering and can occur at different stages of oil production due to pressure/temperature …

Full factorial sensitivity analysis of asphaltene precipitation and deposition in CO2 and CH4 coreflooding

AS Carvalhal, GMN Costa, SABV de Melo - Journal of Petroleum Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Modelling of asphaltene precipitation and deposition in petroleum reservoirs requires
adjustable parameters and introduces uncertainty sources. To address the main sources of …

Modeling asphaltene deposition in the wellbore during gas lift process

A Abouie, M Shirdel, H Darabi… - SPE Western Regional …, 2015 - onepetro.org
Asphaltene deposition during oil production may partially or totally plug the wellbore, and
results in significant reduction in well production and frequent asphaltene remediation jobs …

Development of a non-isothermal compositional reservoir simulator to model asphaltene precipitation, flocculation, and deposition and remediation

H Darabi - 2014 - repositories.lib.utexas.edu
Asphaltene precipitation, flocculation, and deposition in the reservoir and producing wells
cause serious damages to the production equipment and possible failure to develop the …