A new model to obtain representative field relative permeability for reservoirs produced under solution-gas drive

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 348-356

  Bauget, Fabrice ^a   Egermann, Patrick ^a   Lenormand, Roland ^a  

^a IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUCLEATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

BUBBLE NUCLEATION; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; SOLUTION-GAS DRIVE MODEL;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 24344505084     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84543-PA     Document Type: Article

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