Session: Heavy Oil and Flow Assurance (2012 Annual Meeting)

29 Heavy Oil and Flow Assurance

Monday, October 29, 2012: 8:30 AM

301 (Convention Center )

Description:

This session will address fundamental characterization of oils and their bulk and thermodynamic properties including rheological properties. We will also consider contributions about thermodynamic, flow and integrated models, and papers addressing oil compatibility issues.

Sponsor:

Transport and Energy Processes

Co-Sponsor(s):

ICE2012: Alternative Energy & Enabling Technologies (T4E), ICE2012: Fossil Fuels & CCS (T4G)

Chair:

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

Co-Chair:

Milind D. Deo
Email: milind.deo@utah.edu

8:30 AM

(29a) Salt Effect On the Rheology of Hydrate-Forming Emulsions
Genti Zylyftari, Jae W. Lee and Jeffrey F. Morris

8:50 AM

(29b) Modeling Hydrate Formation and Aggregation in Oil-Dominated Systems
Zachary M. Aman, Luis Zerpa, Giovanny Grasso, Kyle Springer, E. Dendy Sloan, Amadeu K. Sum and Carolyn A. Koh

9:10 AM

(29c) Investigating the Role of Wax Gelation in Wax Deposition and Growth in Subsea Pipelines
Yingda Lu and Zhenyu Huang

9:30 AM

(29d) Gelation and Rheological Behavior of Wax-Oil Systems
Yansong Zhao, Lalit Kumar, Kristofer Paso and Johan Sjöblom

9:50 AM

(29e) Naphthenic Acids in Oils with Different Contents of Asphaltenes
Fenglou Zou, Huang Zeng and Simon Andersen

10:10 AM

(29f) Insight Into the Physical Asphaltene Precipitation Mechanism by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Michael P. Hoepfner, Claudio Vilas Boas Favero and H. Scott Fogler

10:30 AM

(29g) Properties Controlling Aggregation and Precipitation Rates of Asphaltenes
Nasim Haji Akbari Balou and H. Scott Fogler

10:50 AM

(29h) Study of Heavy Crude Flows in Pipelines with Electromagnetic Heaters
Ricardo Dunia and Thomas F. Edgar