Interfacial tension and spreading coefficient under reservoir conditions

Fluid Phase Equilibria

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 231-241

  Amin, Robert ^a   Smith, Terence N ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brine; Data; Decane; Gas; Heptane; Interfacial tensions; Methane; Oil; Pentane

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CALCULATIONS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

DECANE; HEPTANE; PENTANE; SATURATION PRESSURE; SPREADING COEFFICIENT;

SURFACE TENSION;

COEFFICIENT; INTERFACE; OIL RESERVOIR; SPREADING RATE;

FLUID FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; INTERFACE PHENOMENA; INTERFACIAL TENSION; OIL RESERVOIRS; TENSION;

EID: 0031870956     PISSN: 03783812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-3812(97)00213-6     Document Type: Article

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