Critical review of asphaltene properties and factors impacting its stability in crude oil

S Fakher, M Ahdaya, M Elturki, A Imqam - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
Asphaltene is a component of crude oil that has been reported to cause severe problems
during production and transportation of the oil from the reservoir. It is a solid component of …

A comprehensive review of asphaltene deposition in petroleum reservoirs: Theory, challenges, and tips

S Alimohammadi, S Zendehboudi, L James - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Asphaltene is the heaviest and most polar fraction of crude oils, which is usually defined as
a solubility class, soluble in light aromatics, benzene and toluene, and insoluble in paraffins …

Asphaltene precipitation and deposition: A critical review

I Mohammed, M Mahmoud, D Al Shehri… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Asphaltene deposition in the reservoirs, tubbing, and surface facilities causes serious flow
assurance problems with significant economic implications. Asphaltene flow assurance …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of water salinity on oil/brine interfacial behaviour during low salinity waterflooding: A mechanistic study

P Rostami, MF Mehraban, M Sharifi, M Dejam… - Petroleum, 2019 - Elsevier
In recent years, controlling the salinity and composition of the injected water has become an
emerging enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique, often described as low salinity (LS) …

Experimental Determination of Interfacial Tension and Miscibility of the CO2–Crude Oil System; Temperature, Pressure, and Composition Effects

A Hemmati-Sarapardeh, S Ayatollahi… - Journal of Chemical & …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Interfacial tension (IFT) as one of the main properties for efficient CO2 flooding planning in
oil reservoirs depends strongly on pressure, temperature, and composition of the reservoir …

Surface modification of nanoparticles to improve oil recovery Mechanisms: A critical review of the methods, influencing Parameters, advances and prospects

EN Ngouangna, MZ Jaafar, MNAM Norddin… - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of nanoparticles (NPs) in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) has a lot of benefits
however, the usage of bare NPs still has a few drawbacks, including instability …

Toward mechanistic understanding of asphaltene aggregation behavior in toluene: The roles of asphaltene structure, aging time, temperature, and ultrasonic radiation

A Hemmati-Sarapardeh, B Dabir, M Ahmadi… - Journal of Molecular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Many investigations have been carried out to provide a good understanding of the colloidal
state of asphaltenes in appropriate solvents such as toluene or natural medium. Despite …

Prediction of solubility of N-alkanes in supercritical CO2 using RBF-ANN and MLP-ANN

M Abdi-Khanghah, A Bemani, Z Naserzadeh… - Journal of CO2 …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recently, due to declination of oil production the importance of enhancement of oil recovery
becomes highlighted. CO 2 injection as one of popular approaches because of …

Effects of asphaltene content and temperature on viscosity of Iranian heavy crude oil: experimental and modeling study

M Ghanavati, MJ Shojaei, AR SA - Energy & Fuels, 2013 - ACS Publications
Heavy and extra heavy crude oils usually have a high weight percentage of asphaltene,
which could induce many problems during production to refining processes. Also …

A semi-compositional approach to model asphaltene precipitation and deposition in solvent-based bitumen recovery processes

M Chai, H Nourozieh, Z Chen, M Yang - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD), as a commercially proven high ultimate recovery
process for heavy oil and bitumen is energy intensive and may be limited by high usage of …