Effects of varied amount of carbon dioxide and pressure on asphaltene stability

• Main Authors: Janier, J.B., Jalil, M.A.B., Razali, R.B., Shafie, A.B., Abdul Karim, S.A.B.
• Format: Article
• Published: American-Eurasian Network for Scientific Information 2014
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84907454466&partnerID=40&md5=94196efa2676e750bb51267b1e562005; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/32048/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Background: Asphaltene precipitation and deposition from crude oils is one of the issues for the oil industry. The deposition occurs during production, transportation and separation process. Injection of carbon dioxide (CO2) during enhance oil recovery is believed to contribute much to the precipita...