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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2005 | Volume: 8 | Issue: 8 | Page No.: 1131-1136
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2005.1131.1136
Flow Improvement of a Waxy Crude Oil by Chemical Additive Utilization
A. Boukadi and H. Amri

Abstract: The pipeline transportation of waxy crude oils at temperature below their natural pour point carries the risk if the pipeline is shut down and the oil cools statically, an interlocking wax crystals structure can be formed, which could prevent the restart of the line. The addition of additives to waxy crude oils improves their fluidity. This study summarizes the use of five different pour point products at different concentrations to waxy crude oil named K.

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A. Boukadi and H. Amri, 2005. Flow Improvement of a Waxy Crude Oil by Chemical Additive Utilization. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 8: 1131-1136.

Keywords: Paraffinic crude, wax deposition, pipeling transplantation, rheological behaviour and flow improvers

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