WAG displacements of oil-condensates accounting for hydrocarbon ganglia

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-266

  Bedrikovetsky, Pavel ^a  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Condensate; EOR; Ganglia; Oil; Residual oil; WAG; Wettability

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

MASS EXCHANGE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; TWO-PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MODELING; TWO PHASE FLOW; WETTING;

EID: 0037594105     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023577800683     Document Type: Article

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