Asphaltene precipitation and its subsequent deposition is one of the major flow assurance
problems of oil industry. This issue could arise in upstream and downstream sectors. There …

The oil industry is in search of the stable chemicals that can be applied in drilling,
stimulation, enhanced oil recovery at high temperature and high salinity reservoirs …

With the projected increase in the production of heavy oil due to the energy crisis,
asphaltene-related issues are likely to come to the forefront. This leads to operational …

Precipitation and subsequent deposition of asphaltene in oil reservoirs may cause severe
flow assurance problems due to clogging/blocking of pore spaces and wettability alteration …

In this study, the effect of four asphaltene samples on the wettability alteration of carbonate
reservoir rock is investigated. The wettability of each core, before and after the deposition of …

In this work, a new solvent package (named TPMDS) for asphaltene removal under static
and dynamic conditions was developed through a set of experiments. TPMDS consists of …

Asphaltene precipitation is one of the main technical challenges during the miscible gas
injection. The asphaltene may deposit on the rock surface and it may change the reservoir …

Precipitation of asphaltenes in porous media undesirably influences oil recovery due to pore
clogging and subsequent wettability alteration. This study reports, primarily, the potential …

There are a large number of investigations, which evaluate the impact of the liquid-based
inhibitors on the asphaltene stabilization. In those studies, a specific volume of inhibitor was …

In this study, the ability of dilute concentrations of toluene to act as a CO2-soluble
asphaltene stabilization agent capable of inhibiting asphaltene precipitation during …