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Malaysian crude oil emulsions:1.physical and chemical characterizations

Zulkania, A. and Pramudono, B. and Mat, Hanapi and Idris, A. K. and Mohd. Manan, M. (2001) Malaysian crude oil emulsions:1.physical and chemical characterizations. Proceedings of The 15th Symposium of Malaysian Chemical Engineers SOMChE 2001 . pp. 435-442.

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Abstract

Emulsion can become very important in all stages in petroleum recovery and processing industry such as drilling, completion, and production of hydrocarbon reservoir, Knowledge of the characteristics of the crude oil and oilfield brine that contributes to the formation of stable emulsion is therefore important. In this study, both chemical and physicochemical properties of different crude oils and oilfield brines from the East Coast of Malaysia were investigated. The crude oils from six different oilfields have been characterized for density, viscosity, surface tension, and interfacial tension. In most cases, the crude oil emulsions are characterized by high amount of saturated hydrocarbon, a varying amount of waxes (8 -15%), and a low content of asphaltene (0 - 14%). It was found that n-paraffin with carbon number between 6 to 20 are generally content in most of crude oil emulsion samples. There is a correlation between the crude oil emulsion viscosity and the waxes content of the crude oil. It was also obtained that the salinity of Malaysian oilfield brines varies between 9.4 to 20.2 and there is correlation between the salinity of oilfield brine and interfacial tension of crude oil emulsion.

Item Type:Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:Chemical properties, crude oil emulsion, oilfield brine, physicochemical properties
Subjects:T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering
ID Code:5054
Deposited By: Norhani Jusoh
Deposited On:27 Jan 2008 07:11
Last Modified:01 Jun 2010 03:23

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