Gas Cycling and the Development of Miscibility in Condensate Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 387-398

  Jessen, K ^a   Orr Jr , F M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CYCLING; MOLAR DENSITY;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAS CONDENSATES; POROSITY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOLUBILITY; VAPORIZATION; VISCOSITY;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142277364     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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