Particle Technology and Surface Phenomena in Minerals and Petroleum

The current state of the art of several aspects of minerals and petroleum is presented in this volume. It documents the proceedings of the Internationl symposium on Particle Technology and Surface Phenomena in Minerals and Petroleum sponsored by the Fine Particle Society (FPS). This meeting was held in San Diego, California, August 21-25, 1990. The symposium upon which this volume is based was organized in five sessions emphasizing various basic and applied aspects of research on minerals and petroleum technology. Major topics discussed involve surface phenomena in minerals, mineral flotation, characterization of aspaltenes, theoretical aspects of reservoir simulation, porosity, permeability, residual water saturation, hydrocarbon and gas potential in north slope Alaska, polymer/alkaline flooding, surfactant flooding and foam flooding for enhanced oil recovery. This edition includes eighteen selected papers presented in the symposium. These papers are divided in four broad categories: (1) Asphaltene Aggregation and Characterization, (2) Theoretical Aspects and Reservoir Characterization, (3) Colloidal Dispersions in Minerals/Petroleum, and (4) Surface Phenomena and Petroleum Recovery. Several mineral and oil recovery processes using various chemicals with special reference to surface phenomena and particle technology are described in these sections.

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Asphaltene Aggregation and Characterization.- The Role of Asphaltene Aggregation in Viscosity Variation of Reservoir Hydrocarbons and in Miscible Processes.- Morphological Size of Asphaltene Micelles in Asphalt and Heavy Residue.- Asphaltene Particle Size Distribution Studies by Fractals.- Peptization Studies of Asphaltene in Asphalt Systems and Correlation by Solubility Parameter Spectra.- Theoretical Aspects and Reservoir Characterization.- Empirical Expression of Permeability in Terms of Other Petrophysical Properties.- On Reliability of Description and Performance Data Estimates From Reservoir Simulators.- Abrasion Empirical Equations for the Itabirite Mud System.- Correcting Oil-Water Relative Permeability Data for Capillary End Effect in Displacement Experiments.- Shallow Sands of North Slope, Alaska and Their Hydrocarbon Potentials.- The Potential of Natural Gas in Alaskan Arctic.- Colloidal Dispersions in Minerals/Petroleum.- Coalescence Behavior of Water-in-Oil Emulsions.- Effect of Flocculation on Gypsum Filtration Efficiency.- Transition Velocity for the Annular Flow of Viscoplastic Suspensions.- Flotation Separation of Apatite From Dolomite Using Dodecylamine and Sodium Chloride.- Surface Phenomena and Petroleum Recovery.- Surfactants in Enhanced Petroleum Recovery Processes: An Overview.- Cosurfactant-Enhanced Alkaline/Polymer Floods for Improving Recovery in a Fractured Sandstone Reservoir.- Foam Flow Behaviour in Porous Media in Relation to Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR).- Detection of a New Effect as a Result of Polymer Behavior in Alkaline Media.- Author Index.