Rheology of waxy crude oils in relation to restart of gelled pipelines

Yes === Waxy crude oils are pumped hot but upon power cut, pumping stops, the oil cools leading below the wax appearance temperature to precipitation of the wax and the formation of a gel throughout the pipe. In such a situation, what is the minimum pressure required to restart flow, not to merely d...

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Main Authors: Fakroun, A., Benkreira, Hadj
Language:en
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17283