Effect of GOR, Temperature, and Initial Water Saturation on Solution-Gas Drive in Heavy-Oil Reservoirs

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1447-1458

  Tang, G ^a   Firoozabadi, A ^a  

^a RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUCLEATION; POROSITY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

HEAVY-OIL RESERVOIRS; WATER SATURATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1142302790     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/71499-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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