Effect of Brine on Asphaltene Precipitation at High Pressures in Oil Reservoirs
- 12 December 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Petroleum Chemistry
- Vol. 58 (12) , 1076-1084
Abstract
In this study, the effect of NaCl, KCl, CaCl2, MgCl2, MgSO4, and CaCl2salts in brine in the range of low (1000−5000 ppm) and intermediate (5000−40 000 ppm) salinity water on the amount and...Keywords
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