Prediction of Interfacial Tensions of Reservoir Crude Oil and Gas Condensate Systems

SPE Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 134-145

  Zuo, You Xiang ^a,b   Stenby, Erling H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GAS CONDENSATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE TENSION;

LINEAR GRADIENT THEORY (LGT); PARACHOR METHOD;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0032090468     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/38434-PA     Document Type: Article

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