Asphaltene deposition in the reservoirs, tubbing, and surface facilities causes serious flow
assurance problems with significant economic implications. Asphaltene flow assurance …

Asphaltene precipitation and its subsequent deposition is one of the major flow assurance
problems of oil industry. This issue could arise in upstream and downstream sectors. There …

Asphaltene precipitation/deposition is considered a problem of formation damage, which
can reduce the oil recovery factor. In addition, asphaltenes can be deposited in pipelines …

The mobility and environmental risk of colloids and associated pollutants are dependent on
their dispersion stability under various conditions. In this work, the stability and correlated …

Asphaltene precipitation kinetics were investigated for four crude oils with different
asphaltene contents, each diluted with n-heptane at room conditions. The yields of …

Fouling is one of the leading causes of energy loss in oil industry, particularly in preheat
exchangers of refineries and desalting units. For each day that an oil operation unit …

The study of the effect of shear stresses on the aggregation and breakage of asphaltene
flocculation is one of the important issues that little research has been done on it. In this …

As the most complex and heaviest component in bitumen, asphaltene precipitation induced
by solvent dilution is important in oil sands extraction to remove solids and water from …

Bridging the gap between laboratory-scale experiments and actual oilfield operations is a
complex task that requires a compromise between real (authentic) fluids and model systems …

In this work, both experimental and theoretical procedures were performed to investigate the
effect of temperature, ranging from 25 to 65° C, on the performances of dodecyl benzene …