Application of a new mechanistic parachor model to predict dynamic gas-oil miscibility in reservoir crude oil-solvent systems

SPE International Petroleum Conference in Mexico - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 427-441

  Ayirala, Subhash C ^a   Rao, Dandina N ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; DIFFUSION; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL GAS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; GAS-OIL MISCIBILITY; MECHANISTIC PARACHOR MODELS; OIL-SOLVENT SYSTEMS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22444439246     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/91920-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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