Asphaltene is the heaviest and most polar fraction of crude oils, which is usually defined as
a solubility class, soluble in light aromatics, benzene and toluene, and insoluble in paraffins …

Asphaltene deposition in the reservoirs, tubbing, and surface facilities causes serious flow
assurance problems with significant economic implications. Asphaltene flow assurance …

Asphaltene precipitation has been one of the major problems in the oil industry, and its
modeling is still believed to be a quite complex issue due to the different characteristics of …

Asphaltene deposition is one of the problematic aspect of petroleum industry, which
imposes serious operational damage and cost. Adhering to reservoir rocks and …

The conventional cubic equation of state (EOS), as a robust and efficient method for phase
behavior prediction of bulk fluids, is no longer applicable for nano-confined fluids because of …

This study presents a pseudo-component method using the Perturbed-Chain Statistical
Associating Fluid Theory to predict density, isothermal compressibility, and the volumetric …

One of the major issues in the oil industry is asphaltene precipitation. Modeling asphaltene
precipitation is still considered as a complex problem due to various characteristics of …

In this paper, we present a systematic review of the perturbed-chain statistical associating
fluid theory equation of state (PC-SAFT) EoS for thermodynamic modeling with application in …

The asphaltene onset pressure (AOP) is a key parameter to determine the flow assurance of
oils. In this work we performed an experimental study of the PVT (pressure–volume …

Oilfield problems owing to asphaltene precipitation are well known. Asphaltenes can block
pore throats or change the formation wettability and thereby reduce the hydrocarbon …