261 Heavy Oil and Flow Assurance

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 8:30 AM
M109 (Marriott Marquis Atlanta)
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:
Upstream Engineering and Flow Assurance Forum
Co-Sponsor(s):
Fossil Fuels & CCS (T4G), Fossil Fuels & CCS (T4G)

Chair:
Milind Deo
Email: mddeo@eng.utah.edu

Co-Chair:
Michael P. Hoepfner
Email: michael.hoepfner@utah.edu


8:30 AM
(261a) Interfacial Properties of Asphaltenes at Toluene-Water Interface
Sharli Zarkar, Sanjoy Banerjee and Vincent Pauchard

8:55 AM
(261b) Experimental Study and Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Polydisperse Asphaltenes
Mohammad Tavakkoli, Renato F. Evangelista, Fei Wang, Mohan Boggara and Francisco Vargas

9:20 AM
(261c) Moving Away from Critical Parameters: A New Approach to Asphaltenes
Michael P. Hoepfner

9:45 AM
(261d) Dynamic Structure Breakdown and Recovery in Model Wax Systems
James Smay, Deepika Venkataramani and Clint P. Aichele

10:10 AM
(261e) Reducing the Adhesion of Tetrahydrofuran Hydrates Using Durable Hydrate-Phobic CVD Polymers
Hossein Sojoudi, Karen K. Gleason and Gareth. H. McKinley

10:35 AM
(261f) Thermal Options for the Retrofit of Pipelines to Enable Transporting Heavier Oils
Emilio Diaz-Bejarano, Andrey Porsin, Aleksandr Kulikov and Sandro Macchietto
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