Solubility, miscibility and their relation to interfacial tension for application in reservoir gas-oil systems

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 417-426

  Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Sequeira, Daryl S ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITION; ETHANOL; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); NATURAL GAS; SOLUBILITY; SURFACE TENSION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

GAS-OIL SYSTEMS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY ENRICHMENT (MME); MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE (MMP); VANISHING INTERFACIAL TENSION (VIT);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22344447894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/91918-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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