Modeling relative permeability effects in gas-condensate reservoirs with a new trapping model

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-178

  Pope, G A ^b   Wu, W ^b   Narayanaswamy, G ^b   Delshad, M ^b   Sharma, M M ^b   Wang, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0034042736     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/62497-PA     Document Type: Article

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