Measurement and prediction of volumetric and transport properties of reservoir fluids at high pressure

Revue de l'Institut Francais du Petrole

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-281

  Ungerer, P ^a   Batut, C ^a   Moracchini, G ^a   Sanchez, J ^a   De Sant'Ana, H B ^a   Carrier, J ^b   Jensen, D M ^c  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OIL FIELDS; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VOLUMETRIC ANALYSIS;

RESERVOIR FLUIDS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS RESERVOIR; HIGH PRESSURE APPLICATION; OIL RESERVOIR; TRANSPORT PROPERTY;

FLUID; HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEMS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032075743     PISSN: 00202274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2516/ogst:1998024     Document Type: Article

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