Interpretation of the unusual fluid distribution in the Yufutsu gas-condensate field

SPE Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-123

  Ghorayeb, Kassem ^a   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a   Anraku, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MIXTURES; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FICKIAN DIFFUSION; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; GAS CONDENSATE FIELD;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0038451487     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84953-PA     Document Type: Article

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