Condensate banking dynamics in gas condensate fields: Compositional changes and condensate accumulation around production wells

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn , Issue B, 2000, Pages 153-166

  Wheaton, R J ^a   Zhang, H R ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRILLING FLUIDS; OFFSHORE BOREHOLES; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

GAS CONDENSATE MIXTURES;

GAS CONDENSATES;

EID: 0034588987     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2523/62930-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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