Chemistry, Thermodynamics and Multiphase Flow of Complex Fluids Related to Flow Assurance I

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM
Deer Valley I (Marriott Downtown)

Description:
Keeping crude oil pipelines flowing is of economic and strategic importance. Oil is being produced from increasingly deep prospects off-shore. Three-phase flow containing oils, gas and water is the norm. It is not uncommon to see precipitation of waxes, asphaltenes and emulsion and hydrate formation. In this session, we will address fundamental characterization and properties of oils, emulsions, hydrates, and other complex fluids.


Sponsor:
Topical D: Chemical Engineering in Oil and Gas Production and Other Complex Subsurface Processes


Chair:
Jules Magda
Email: jj.magda@utah.edu

Co-chairs:
Milind D. Deo
Email: milind.deo@utah.edu

Hariprasad J. Subramani
Email: hjsubramani@chevron.com

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.




12:55 PM



1:45 PM
(457d) Prediction of Asphaltene Deposition in Well Bores
Anjushri S. Kurup, Walter G Chapman, Francisco M. Vargas, Jefferson Creek, Jianxin Wang, Jill Buckley and Hariprasad J. Subramani


2:10 PM
(457e) Investigations Into Asphaltene Stability Using Capillary Deposition
Michael P. Hoepfner, Tabish Maqbool and H. Scott Fogler


2:35 PM
(457f) Coalescence of Asphaltene Stabilized Water Droplets
David Harbottle, Jayant Rane and Sanjoy Banerjee