Determination of gas-oil miscibility conditions by interfacial tension measurements

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 474-482

  Rao, Dandina N ^a   Lee, Jong I ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axisymmetric drop shape analysis; Enhanced oil recovery; Gas injection process; Interfacial tension; Minimum miscibility composition; Minimum miscibility pressure (MMP); Miscibility; Phase behavior; Terra Nova

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; EXTRAPOLATION; GAS OILS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLUBILITY;

MISCIBILITY PRESSURE;

SURFACE TENSION;

NATURAL GAS; PETROLEUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENT; GAS ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MISCIBILITY; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESERVOIR; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE; TENSION; TUBE;

EID: 0038700557     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9797(03)00175-9     Document Type: Article

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