Rheological characterization of Alaska heavy oils

• Main Author: Akeredolu, Babajide
• Other Authors: Liberatore, Matthew W., Herring, Andrew M., Batzle, Michael L.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Colorado School of Mines. Arthur Lakes Library 2007
• Subjects: viscoelasticity; rheology; heavy crude oil; Arrhenius activation energy; Heavy oil > Viscosity > Alaska; Heavy oil > Alaska; Psi; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11124/483

2014 Fall. Includes illustrations (some color). Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-57). Heavy crude oil reserves from the North Slope of Alaska are highly viscous, biodegraded oils that make standard oil production methods ineffective. A matrix of 18 mixtures with varying sand and water c...