Optical Interrogation of Petroleum Asphaltenes: Myths and Reality

Evdokimov, Igor N.

doi:10.1002/9781119286325.ch2

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Ancient Origin Of Native Asphaltene Colloids In Crude Oils1

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2019

Publication Types

Select...

Article1

Relationship

Self Cite1

Independent0

Authors

Journals

Cited by 1 publication

(1 citation statement)

References 116 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Moreover, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the very notion of multi-ring “monomers” in asphaltenes may stem from faulty interpretation of some experimental results (cf. a review in ref ).…”

Section: Ancient Origin Of Native Asphaltene Colloids In Crude Oilsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Colloidal Asphaltenes—Non-extinct “Dinosaurs” in Native Petroleum

Evdokimov

2019

Energy Fuels

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

One of the important paradigms of fundamental petroleum geochemistry has been (and still is) that native asphaltenes in present day crude oils originated in the respective source rocks and are representative of the molecular composition in ancient organic deposits. The survival of “prehistoric” molecular species is enabled by shielding them in complex macromolecular structures of asphaltene nanocolloidal particles. In addition, the maturity of petroleum expelled from the source may define the structures of asphaltene colloidal aggregates, as indicated by recent advances in colloid science. On the other hand, in applied asphaltene research, the above paradigm is most often ignored, while its revitalization may improve our understanding of asphaltene behavior in native crude oils and, in particular, may provide a new criterion for potential instability of some crude oils with respect to asphaltene precipitation and deposition.

show abstract

Section: Ancient Origin Of Native Asphaltene Colloids In Crude Oilsmentioning

confidence: 99%