Use of Vapor Desorption Data to Characterize High Capillary Pressures in a Basin-Centered Gas Accumulation with Ultra-Low Connate Water Saturations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 5493-5501

  Newsham, K E ^a   Rushing, J A ^a   Lasswell, P M ^b  

^a ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (United States)

^b OMNI Laboratories Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CENTRIFUGES; CLAY; DESORPTION; GEOLOGY; LITHOLOGY; NATURAL GAS; OIL FIELDS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BASIN-CENTERED GAS SYSTEM (BCGS); CAPILLARY PRESSURES; WATER SATURATIONS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142288528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/84596-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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