Impact of Paraffin Composition on the Interactions between Waxes, Asphaltenes, and Paraffin Inhibitors in a Light Crude Oil

The effect of wax molecular weight distribution on the efficacy of two alpha olefin-maleic anhydride paraffin inhibitors (PIs) having different densities of alkyl side-chains were examined in light West Texas crude in the absence and presence of asphaltenes. Interpretation of the data was aided by c...

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Main Authors: Oualid M'barki, John Clements, Luis Salazar, James Machac, Quoc P. Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Series:Colloids and Interfaces
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2504-5377/7/1/13