9:10 - 4:55

Physical Properties of Heavy Oils, Asphaltenes and Waxes

9:15 - 9:40

O1. Differential aggregation of asphaltene probed with time-resolved fluorescence. Cornelia Bohne, Hui Ting Zhang, Rui Li, Cindy-Xing Yin, Murray Gray

9:40 - 10:05

O2. Insight into asphaltene nano-aggregate structure inferred by small angle neutron and X-Ray scattering.  Joëlle Eyssautier, Pierre Levitz, Didier Espinat, Jacques Jestin, Jérémie Gummel, Isabelle Grillo, Loïc Barré

10:05 - 10:30

O3. Probing asphaltene aggregation in native crude oils with low-field NMR. Denise E. Freed, Lukasz Zielinski, Martin D. Hürlimann

10:45 - 11:10

O4. Sizes of vanadyl petroporphyrins and asphaltene aggregates in toluene. Greg Paul Dechaine, Murray R. Gray

11:10 - 11:35

O5. Kinetics of asphaltene precipitation: Effects of temperature and precipitant concentration. Tabish Maqbool, Perapat Srikiratiwong, H. Scott Fogler

11:35 - 12:00

O6. Application of the modified Yen model for reservoir evaluation and exploitation. Oliver C. Mullins, Julian Y. Zuo, Denise Freed, Andrew E. Pomerantz, A. Ballard Andrews , Adriaan Gisolf

1:00 - 1:40

K2 Keynote Presentation. Eric B. Sirota (ExxonMobil)  Physical properties of asphaltenes

1:40 - 2:05

O7. Observation of liquid crystals in heavy petroleum fractions. S. Reza Bagheri, Murray R. Gray, William C. McCaffrey, John M. Shaw  View Presentation

2:05 - 2:30

O8. Purification of petroporphyrins from bitumen and impact on self assembly of asphaltenes. I. D. Singh, D. Savithri, D. Knepper, and P. K. Kilpatrick

2:30 - 2:55

O9. Molecular Dynamics simulations of asphaltene aggregation in supercritical carbon dioxide with and without aggregation inhibitors. Edo S. Boek Tom Headen

3:15 - 3:40

O10. Kinetic growth of asphaltene aggregation in crude oil. Tianguang Fan, Jill S. Buckley, Jianxin Wang, Jeff L. Creek

3:40 - 4:05

O11. Effect of inhibitors on asphaltene aggregation. Estrella Rogel
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4:05 - 4:30

O12. Fluid analysis with low-field NMR. Martin D. Hürlimann, Denise E. Freed, Lukasz Zielinski, Yi-Qiao Song

4:30 - 4:55

O13. Phase behavior of asphaltenes + polystyrene + toluene mixtures at 293 K. Merouane Khammar, John M. Shaw

8:25 - 12:00

Flow Assurance

8:30 - 9:10

K3. Keynote Presentation. Steve Allenson  (Nalco) Flow assurance in the ultradeep/deep water regime

9:10 - 9:35

O14. Using geochemistry to identify and control asphaltene deposition and improve flow assurance strategies in onshore Middle-East carbonate fields. Mark Grutters, Zhongxin Huo, Karthik Ramanathan, Dennis Naafs, Ed Clarke, Dalia Abdallah, Simon Zwolle, Artur Stankiewicz

9:35 - 10:00

O15. In-situ velocimetric measurements in flow assurance rheometry. Christopher Dimitriou, Gareth H. McKinley, Rama Venkatesan

10:00 - 10:25

O16. Field validation of laboratory flow assurance testing results in an Indonesian offshore facility. Mohamad Aulia, Probjot Singh,  Hyun Su Lee, Bill Thomason

10:45 - 11:10

O17. An innovative approach to asphaltene formation damage prevention. Maria Eugenia Aguilera, Lahcen Nabzar

11:10 - 11:35

O18. Asphaltene deposit distribution in capillary tests. Jianxin Wang, Jeff L. Creek, Tianguang Fan, Jill S. Buckle

11:35 - 12:00

O19. Prediction of gas injection effect on asphaltene precipitation using different thermodynamic models. Doris Gonzalez, Elham Mahmoodaghdam, Frank Lim, Nikhil Joshi, Wilson Cañas, Raul Osorio

1:00 - 5:00

Chemistry and Physics of Petroleum-Water Emulsions/Interfaces

1:05 - 1:45

K4. Keynote Presentation. Christine Noik and Christine Dalmazzone (IFP)  Electrical dehydration of petroleum emulsion: application to extra-heavy oil.

1:45 - 2:10

O20. Effects of clay wettability and process variables on separation of diluted bitumen emulsion. Tianmin Jiang, George J. Hirasaki, Clarence A. Miller, Samson Ng   View Presentation

2:10 - 2:35

O21. Investigations on the effects of small solid particles on the settling behaviour of dispersion systems. Sebastian Ruckes, Andreas Pfenning  View Presentation

2:35 - 3:00

O22. Model of water – oil separation in the oil zone of wash tank separators. Thierry Palermo, Anne-Laure Bouthier, Benjamin Brocart, Jean-Philippe Lebrun

3:20 - 3:45

O23. pH controlled interfacial mechanisms and macroscopic O/W separation. Nicolas Passade-Boupat, Marianna Rondon-Gonzalez, C. Hurtevent
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3:45 - 4:10

O24. Possible role of asphaltenes in stabilization of water–in–crude oil emulsions. Jan Czarnecki, Plamen Tchoukov, Tadek Dabros

4:10 - 4:35

O25. Understanding the effects of solvents and vapours on interactions of asphaltene surfaces by surface forces apparatus (SFA). Hongbo Zeng, Jinggang Xie, Anand Natarajan, Jacob Masliyah, Zhenghe Xu

4:35 - 5:00

O26. Adsorption of asphaltenes in porous media: experimentation and modeling. Soheil Saraji, Lamia Goual, Mohammad Piri

8:25 - 12:00

Upgrading and Fouling

8:30 - 9:10

K5 Keynote Presentation. Graham Polley (Universidad de Guanajuato) Review of the development of models for the prediction of fouling rates in exchangers heating crude oil  View Presentation

9:10 - 9:35

O27. Mitigating fouling in the High Temperature Paraffinic Froth Treatment process through science and serendipity. Tapantosh Chakrabarty

9:35 - 10:00

O28. Innovative and reliable separation designs for heavy fouling applications Darius Remesat

10:00 - 10:25

O29. Formation of Coke Precursors from Pyrene-Based Model Compounds. Ali H. Alshareef, Khalid Azyat, Rik Tykwinski, Murray R. Gray

10:45 - 11:10

O30. Furnace coking simulations in a laboratory apparatus. Paul Eaton, Bruce Newman, Murray Gray, Alan Kubis, Marzie Derakhshesh, Chris Holt, David Mitlin

11:10 - 11:35

O31. Dehydrating of heavy crude ol using radio-frequency and microwave radiation: What is better? Liana Kovaleva, Rasul Zinnatullin Rais Minnigalimov

11:35 - 12:00

O32. Oxidative cracking of oil sand bitumen with iron oxide catalyst in a steam atmosphere. Eri Fumoto, Shinya Sato, Toshimasa Takanohasi

8:25 - 12:00

Characterization of Petroleum Macromolecules
Session dedicated to Teh-Fu Yen

8:30 - 9:10

K6. Memorial Presentation. Eric Y. Sheu (LLNL) Asphaltene physics and chemistry – A passion of Professor Teh-Fu Yen

9:10 - 9:35

O33. Analysis and identification of biomarkers and origin of blue color in an unusually blue crude oil. Priyanka Juyal, Amy M McKenna, Andrew Yen, Ryan P Rodgers, Christopher M. Reddy, Robert K Nelson, A. Ballard Andrews, Oona Korkeila, Stephan J Allenson, Oliver C Mullins and Alan G Marshall

9:35 - 10:00

O34. Molecular characterization of chromatographic fractions of deasphalted crude oils by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. Amy M. McKenna, Mmilili M. Mapolelo, Winston K. Robbins, Ryan P. Rodgers, and Alan G. Marshall

10:00 - 10:25

O35. Comparing laser desorption laser ionization mass spectra of model compounds and asphaltenes. Hassan Sabbah, Amy L. Morrow, Andrew E. Pomerantz, Oliver C. Mullins, Xiaoli Tan, Murray R. Gray, Khalid Azyat, Rik Tykwinski, Richard N. Zare

10:45 - 11:10

O36. What’s in your asphaltenes?  Automated solubility based separations provide more information than gravimetric techniques. John F. Schabron, Joseph F. Rovani

11:10 - 11:35

O37. Thin film pyrolysis of oil sands asphaltenes for structural analysis. Arash Karimi, Murray R Gray, Kuangnan Qian, William N. Olmstead, Howard Freund
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11:35 - 12:00

O38. The compositional continuum of petroleum. Ryan P. Rodgers, Amy M. McKenna, Mmilili M. Mapolelo,  Brandie M. Ehrmann, Winston K. Robbins, Alan G. Marshall