Elucidating the formation pathway of photo-generated asphaltenes from light Louisiana sweet crude oil after exposure to natural sunlight in the Gulf of Mexico
Qing Wang, Burke C. Leonce, Meredith Evans Seeley, Nathaniel F. Adegboyega, Kaijun Lu, William C. Hockaday, Zhanfei Liu
Topics & Concepts
SunlightCrude oilAsphalteneSweet spotEnvironmental scienceEnvironmental chemistryGeologyMineralogyChemistryPaleontologyPetroleum engineeringOpticsPhysicsShear (geology)Petroleum Processing and AnalysisHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysisOil Spill Detection and Mitigation