Composition and fate of gas and oil released to the water column during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

CM Reddy, JS Arey, JS Seewald, SP Sylva… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - pnas.org
Quantitative information regarding the endmember composition of the gas and oil that
flowed from the Macondo well during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is essential for …

Status and outlook of oil field chemistry-assisted analysis during the energy transition period

B Jia, C **an, JS Tsau, X Zuo, W Jia - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Analytical chemistry is powerful in analyzing complex mixtures of crude oil and brine
subsurfaces on the basis of atomic and molecular levels. Geochemistry applies chemical …

A machine learning model for predicting the minimum miscibility pressure of CO2 and crude oil system based on a support vector machine algorithm approach

H Chen, C Zhang, N Jia, I Duncan, S Yang, YZ Yang - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
CO 2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is a potential way for carbon capture, utilization and
storage (CCUS). However, the effect of CO 2 injection is greatly influenced by the reservoir …

Downhole fluid analysis and asphaltene science for petroleum reservoir evaluation

OC Mullins, AE Pomerantz, JY Zuo… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Petroleum reservoirs are enshrouded in mysteries associated with all manner of geologic
and fluid complexities that Mother Nature can inspire. Efficient exploitation of petroleum …

Determination of diffusion coefficients of supercritical CO2 under tight oil reservoir conditions with pressure-decay method

S Li, C Qiao, C Zhang, Z Li - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2018 - Elsevier
A generalized methodology has been developed to determine the diffusion coefficients of
supercritical CO 2 under tight oil reservoir conditions considering the oil swelling effect …

Advances in the Flory–Huggins–Zuo equation of state for asphaltene gradients and formation evaluation

JY Zuo, OC Mullins, D Freed, H Elshahawi… - Energy & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Recent advances in the understanding of the molecular and colloidal structure of
asphaltenes in crude oils are codified in the Yen–Mullins model of asphaltenes. The Yen …

Impact of capillary pressure and nanopore confinement on phase behaviors of shale gas and oil

JY Zuo, X Guo, Y Liu, S Pan, J Canas, OC Mullins - Energy & fuels, 2018 - ACS Publications
In this paper, a general framework of theoretical models and algorithm is developed to
predict phase envelopes (saturation points) and quality lines of shale gas and oil in …

The effect of permeability on supercritical CO2 diffusion coefficient and determination of diffusive tortuosity of porous media under reservoir conditions

S Li, C Qiao, Z Li, Y Hui - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2018 - Elsevier
A general method for determining the diffusivity coefficient of supercritical CO 2 in cores
saturated with oil is presented in this paper. Theoretically, a mathematical model including …

Simulating gas–liquid− water partitioning and fluid properties of petroleum under pressure: implications for deep-sea blowouts

J Gros, CM Reddy, RK Nelson… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
With the expansion of offshore petroleum extraction, validated models are needed to
simulate the behaviors of petroleum compounds released in deep (> 100 m) waters. We …

Diffusion model coupled with the Flory–Huggins–Zuo equation of state and Yen–Mullins model accounts for large viscosity and asphaltene variations in a reservoir …

JY Zuo, R Jackson, A Agarwal, B Herold, S Kumar… - Energy & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
A very large monotonic variation of asphaltenes and viscosity has been measured by
downhole fluid analysis (DFA) in crude oils in five-stacked sandstone reservoirs in the …