A Case Study in Scaleup for Multicontact Miscible Hydrocarbon Gas Injection

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 575-582

  Jerauld, G R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; RECOVERY TECHNIQUE;

GAS PRODUCTION; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MULTIPHASE FLOW; RECOVERY METHOD;

EID: 0032436193     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/53006-pa     Document Type: Article

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