RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF WATER-IN-OIL EMULSIONS OF HEAVY AND EXTRA-HEAVY LIVE OILS: EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION

Stable emulsions were prepared with heavy and extra-heavy live oils by using a set-up recently built at Ecopetrol S.A. - Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo (ICP). This equipment permits to prepare water-in-oil emulsions at reservoir conditions without any change on the overall hydrocarbon composition...

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Main Authors: Libia-Sofia Sandoval-Rodríguez, Wilson A Cañas-Marín, Ramiro Martínez-Rey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Colombiano del Petróleo (ICP) - ECOPETROL S.A. 2014-01-01
Series:CT&F Ciencia, Tecnología & Futuro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0122-53832014000100001&lng=en&tlng=en