Characterization of Petroleum Macromolecules

P1-1. A comparison of asphaltene model compounds and asphaltenes. The “island” vs. “archipelago” models. David J. Borton, David S. Pinkston, Hilkka Kenttämaa, Murray Gray, Xiaoli Tan, Khalid Azyat, Rik Tykwinski

P1-2. Evaluation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in heavy oil fractions. F.M.T. Luna, A.A. Pontes Filho, E.M. Rola Jr., M.C.G. Albuquerque, D.C.S. Azevedo, C.L. Cavalcante Jr

P1-3. Analysis of molecular weight distribution of asphaltene heptol sub-fractions by laser-induced acoustic desorption/Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Lina C. Navarro Quintero, Peter Rudolf Seidl, David Pinkston, Vanessa Delgado, Hilkka I. Kenttämaa, Sonia M. C. Menezes, Ljubica Tasic, Kátia Z. Leal   View Presentation

P1-4. Asphaltene present in crude oils of Alagoas sub-basin studied by ESI FT-ICR MS. Lucia M.C. Rebouças, Rita C.C. Silva  Reinaldo J.R. Moraes, Agciel B. Alvez, Boniek G.Vaz, Yuri E. Corilo, Heliara D. L. Nascimento, Clécio F. Klitzke, Rosineide C. Simas, Marcos N. Eberlin, Antonio E.G. Sant´Ana

Flow Assurance

P1-5. A fuller characterisation for a better understanding of instability risks of heavy petroleum products. Noémie Caillol, Jan Verstraete, Loïc Barré, Anne-Agathe Quoineaud

P1-6. Terpolymers as flow improvers for Mexican crude oils. Laura V. Castro, Eugenio Flores, Flavio Vazquez

P1-7. Modelling gas clathrate hydrates using SAFT-VR. Simon Dufal, Amdrew J. Haslam, Amparo Galindo, George Jackson, Edo Boek

P1-8. Experimental evaluation of the asphaltene stability prediction based on dead oil properties. Doris Gonzalez, Elham Mahmoodaghdam, Frank Lim, Nikhil Joshi, Francisco Vargas

P1-9. Synthesize and application of the oil-soluble viscosity reducer in heavy oil. Guo Jixiang, Wang Heyi , Zhang Zhihong ,Huang Yun, Chao Kai

P1-10. Reliable measurements of wax deposition. Rainer Hoffmann, Lene Amundsen

P1-11. Determination of pressure needed to restart a pipeline containing non-Newtonian oil at or below the pour point. Hyun Su Lee, Probjot Singh, Harvey Hensley

P1-12. Determination of wax content of crude oils using TLC-FID. Xiaohu Lu, Björn Kalman, Per Redelius

P1-13. A wax crystallization model from DSC experiments. M. Margarone, R. Bagatin, C. Busto, P. D’Olimpio,  L. Fusi. L. Faienza, A. Fasano, M. Primicerio

Chemistry and Physics of Petroleum-Water Emulsions/Interfaces

P1-14. An experimental investigation in a diesel engine using alumina nanoparticles blended water-diesel emulsion fuel. J. Sadhik Basha, R.B. Anand

P1-15. Adsorption of asphaltene on rock surfaces from Molecular Dynamics simulation and Atomic Force Microscopy experiments. Edo S. Boek, Tom Headen, Eiman Al-Muhareb, Paul Luckham

P1-16. The interaction between heavy petroleum fractions. Gaspar Gonzalez, Luiz C. C. Marques, Juliana O. Pereira

P1-17. Research on low-temperature dewatering for produced crude emulsion in Jilin oilfield. Kang Wanli, Liu Shuren Xu Bin, Weng Yuwu, Liu Zhongxing

P1-18. Emulsion viscosity reduction. Olina G. Raney, George J. Hirasaki, Clarence A. Miller, Mohammed S. Al-Wadani , Maura Puerto, Tianmin Jiang, Kevin Chu, Tarek Hariz , Karolina Ioannou

P1-19. Adsorption of ethyl cellulose on asphaltene- or bitumen-coated hydrophilic silica surfaces. Shengqun Wang, Nataliya Segin, Ke Wang, Jacob H. Masliyah, Zhenghe Xu

P1-20. Interfacially active SWNT/Silica nanohybrid used in enhanced oil recovery. Luis Villamizar, Prapas Lohateeraparp, Jeffrey Harwell, Daniel Resasco, Ben Shiau

Physical Properties of Heavy Oils, Asphaltenes and Waxes

P1-21. Determination of thermal properties of cuts and residues streams obtained in the molecular distillation process. Julie Ballesteros Hernández, André Jardini, Maria Regina Wolf Maciel, Rubens Maciel Filho, Lilian Medina

P1-22. Determination of asphaltene aggregation kinetic by focused beam reflectance measurements. J. A. Calles, J. Marugán, J. Dufour, R. Giménez-Aguirre, D. Merino-García, P. Sanz J. L. Peña

P1-23. Comparison of viscosity data from Brazilian crude oils using NMR. Marcia Costa, Luíz Antônio Jr, Peter Seidl, Marcio Souza, Kátia Leal, Rodrigo Azeredo, Fábio Rodrigues, Ljubica Tasic

P1-24. Use of ASCI parameter to investigate asphaltenes related issues.  Nicolas Passade-Boupat, Marianna Rondon-Gonzalez, Christian Hurtevent, Honggang Zhou  View Presentation

P1-25. Rheological parameters of several bitumen and heavy crude oils by using a piezoelectric quartz resonator. Marc Cassiède, Jérôme Pauly, Jean-Hugues Paillol Jean-Luc Daridon

P1-26. Properties of heptol sub-fractions extracted from Brazilian asphaltenes. Peter Rudolf Seidl, Lina Constanza Navarro Quintero, Samir Nasser, Claudio Ziglio, Sonia M. C. Menezes, Fabio H. S. Rodrigues, Ljubica Tasic, Kátia Z. Leal   View Presentation

P1-27. Developing a predictive correlation for the heat capacity of ill-defined liquid hydrocarbons. John M. Shaw, Nafiseh Dadgostar View Presentation

P1-28. Study on the aggregate structure and stability of heavy crude oil using a DPD based meso-platform. Junbo Xu, Shengfei Zhang, Hao Wu, Hao Wen

P1-29. Using the fluorescence of DBO to study the aggregation of asphaltenes.  Zixin Yang, Cornelia Bohne

P1-30. Effect of different aromatic fraction on the colloidal properties of Tahe atmospheric residue. Shuanglin Yu, Honghong Shan, Longli Zhang, Chaohe Yang, Zhihong Li

P1-31. The effect factors of the pour point of crude oil. Jun Zhang, Shuichang Zhang, Guangyou Zhu, Jin Su, Jie Cui

Upgrading and Fouling

P1-32. Optimization of crude oil desalting facilities. Fahad A. Al-Amri, Saleh M. Al-Hemel

P1-33. Viscosity reduction of heavy oil through catalytic aquathermolysis at relatively low temperature.Yuanqing Wang, Yanling Chen, Jing He, Pei Li, Chao Yang

P1-34. Electrokinetic separation of metals and heteroatoms in asphaltenes. Mohammad Sedghi, Lamia Goua

P1-35. New heat generation process for remediation of petroleum deposition. David W. Jennings, Sam Asomaning, Mike Newberry

P1-36. Analysis of surface of asphaltene films on stainless steel 316L using scanning electron microscopy. Aarón Muñoz, Henry Labrador, Julia Vázquez, Luís Porras

P1-37. Pilot plant and full scale studies of crude oil desalting. Patrícia S. M. D. Cunha, Elisabeth Fonseca, Raquel C. C. Coutinho, Fabrício Machado, Rafael Fontes, Príamo A. Melo Jr., José C. Pinto, Márcio Nele