Effects in the Determination of Oil Reserves Due to Gravitational Compositional Gradients in Near-Critical Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 3571-3581

  Jaramillo, Juan M ^a   Barrufet, Maria A ^b  

^a Landmark Graphics Corp   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS CONDENSATES; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; GRAVITATION; OIL WELLS; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

CONSTANT COMPOSITION EXPANSION (CCE); CONSTANT VOLUME DEPLETION (CVD);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 1142289906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/71726-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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