Revaporization of condensate with methane flood

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 307-313

  Al Anazi, Hamoud A ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^b   Pope, Gary A ^b  

^a SPE   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDENSATION; CORE ANALYSIS; FLOODS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; VAPORIZATION;

CONDENSATES; HYDROCARBON COMPONENTS; METHANE FLOOD; REVAPORIZATION;

METHANE;

EID: 22344454034     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90860-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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