Preliminary Program subject to change
T2006 Oil Characterization and Thermodynamics as Related to Flow Assurance
OverviewKeeping crude oil pipelines in flowing is of economic and strategic importance in all geographic locations of the world. Oil is being produced from increasingly deep prospects off-shore. In the process, oils with significantly different characteristics get mixed. Oils are complex mixtures and contain varying amounts of waxes and asphaltenes. Waxes precipitate when temperatures drop below wax precipitation temperatures and asphaltenes come out of solution when pressures are reduced or when incompatible solvents are mixed with oils. In this session, we 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.
Primary SponsorTopical 2: New Frontiers in Energy Research (T2)

Chair

Jules Magda
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 801-581-7536
Email: jj.magda@utah.edu

CoChair

Milind Deo
Professor
Chemical Engineering
University of Utah
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3290 MEB
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone Number: 801-581-7629
Email: mddeo@eng.utah.edu
Waxy Gels with Asphaltenes 1 – Characterization of Precipitation, Gelation, Network Strength and Morphology
Jack F. Tinsley1, Justin P. Jahnke1, Robert K. Prud'homme1 and Heather D. Dettman2, (1)Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton Unversity, A-215 E-Quad, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)National Centre for Upgrading Technology, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Suite A202, Devon, AB T9G 1A8, Canada
Characteristics Of Wax Gels
Kyeongseok Oh, Kaushik Gandhi, Jules J. Magda and Milind D. Deo, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Dr., MEB, Rm. 3290, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Restarting Gelled Pipelines
Kesia Guimaraes1, Kyeongseok Oh1, Milind Deo1 and Jules Magda2, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Dr., MEB, Rm. 3290, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, (2)Chemical Enginering, University of Utah, 50 S. Central Campus Dr., MEB, Rm. 3290, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Waxy Gels with Asphaltenes 2 – Reduction of Network Strength with Polymer Additives
Jack F. Tinsley1, Justin P. Jahnke1, Robert K. Prud'homme1 and Heather D. Dettman2, (1)Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Princeton Unversity, A-215 E-Quad, Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544, (2)National Centre for Upgrading Technology, 1 Oil Patch Drive, Suite A202, Devon, AB T9G 1A8, Canada
Flow Assurance Issues In Oil Production
Rama Venkatesan, Chevron Technology Company, Houston, TX 77002
An Analysis of N-Alkane Polydispersity on the Crystallization of N-Alkanes in Solution
Michael Senra1, Ekarit Paracharoensawad2 and H. Scott Fogler1, (1)The University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2136, (2)Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

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