Gas condensate relative permeability for well calculations

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-311

  Whitson, Curtis H ^a,b   Fevang, Øivind ^b   Sævareid, Aud ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Pera A/S   (Norway)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Condensate blockage; Gas condensate; Relative permeability; Steady state flow; Well performance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATES; STEADY FLOW;

TRANSITION FUNCTIONS;

POROUS MATERIALS;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; STEADY FLOW; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; STEADY FLOW; WELL TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0038608173     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023539527573     Document Type: Article

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