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Development and Application of an Asphaltene Deposition Tool

(ADEPT) for Well Bores
Anjushri S. Kurup†, Francisco M. Vargas‡, Jianxin Wang§, Jill Buckley∥, Jefferson L. Creek§, Hariprasad, J.
Subramani§, and Walter G. Chapman†* Article Options
Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States
Department of Chemical Engineering, The Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emerates
Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston, Texas, United States Abstract
Petroluem Recovery Research Center, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, New Mexico, United States ACS ActiveView PDF
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Asphaltenes often tend to deposit in reservoirs, flow lines, separators, and other systems along Order Reprints
production lines causing significant production loss due to restricted oil flow or damages caused to Rights & Permissions
the units and instruments used along the flow lines. Asphaltenes are typically stable in the oil; Citation Alerts
however, changes in conditions such as temperature or pressure or compositional changes can
trigger the phase separation and resultant deposition of these asphaltenes on the surfaces Add to ACS ChemWorx
encountered along the flow. Hence, it is required to be able to forecast the possibility of
precipitation of asphaltenes for given operating conditions and quantify the amount of deposition.
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In this work, the development of an asphaltene deposition tool (ADEPT) that can predict the
occurrence and calculate the magnitude and profile of asphaltene deposition in a well bore is
discussed. The simulator consists of a thermodynamic module and a deposition module. The Retrieve Detailed Record of this Article
thermodynamic module uses the Perturbed Chain Statistical Associating Fluid Theory (PC SAFT)
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equation of state to describe the phase behavior of oil, which is first characterized by using
thermodynamic properties such as saturation points and asphaltene onset pressure data and Retrieve All References Citing this Article
physical properties such as the density of the oil. The deposition module is then used along with Explore by:
input from the thermodynamic module to calculate magnitude of asphaltene deposition along the
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length of well bore/pipe lines. The mathematical model used in the deposition module is first Any Author
benchmarked and validated by comparing the simulation results against the experimentally Research Topic
measured asphaltene deposition flux in a capillary scale deposition experiment. The simulator was
then used to study deposition in two field cases, for which measurements of asphaltene deposition Kurup, Anjushri S. Search
profile were reported in the literature. This study demonstrates the development and application of
a simple yet comprehensive simulator that can be easily integrated with other commercial flow Metrics
simulators, facilitating quick calculations of the change in the asphaltene deposition profile and
magnitude with change in operating conditions as the production continues. It is shown that the
simulator enables operators to perform quick sensitivity studies and map out operating envelopes Article Views: 632 Times
to avoid potential risk zones.
Received 27 May 2011
Published online 20 September 2011
Published in print 20 October 2011
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