Predicting gas-condensate reservoir performance: How flow parameters are altered when approaching production wells

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 355-369

  Kalaydjian, F J M ^a   Bourbiaux, B J ^a   Lombard, J M ^a  

^a Institut Frangais du Petrole   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW RATE; GASES; OFFSHORE GAS FIELDS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; CAPILLARITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS CONDENSATES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; GAS-CONDENSATE SYSTEMS; LIQUID SATURATION; PRODUCTION WELLS; RATE DEPENDENCE; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

GAS CONDENSATES; NATURAL GAS WELLS;

CRITICAL LIQUID SATURATION; MACROSCOPIC CAPILLARY NUMBER; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0029749759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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