Prudhoe Bay Gas/Oil Relative Permeability

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-73

  Jerauld, G R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMAN-KOZENY RELATION; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; MIXED WET RESERVOIRS; PRUDHOE BAY; TRAPPED GAS;

CALCULATIONS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; ESTIMATION; GASES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LITHOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0031078202     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/35718-PA     Document Type: Article

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