Critical gas saturation and relative permeability during depressurization in the far field and the near-wellbore region

SPE Reservoir Engineering (Society of Petroleum Engineers)

Volumn , Issue B, 2000, Pages 499-513

  Egermann, P ^a   Vizika, O ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); THERMODYNAMICS; WELL FLOODING;

CRITICAL GAS SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0034588989     PISSN: 08859248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/63149-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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