Simplified method for calculation of minimum miscibility pressure or enrichment

SPE Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 416-425

  Yuan, Hua ^a   Johns, Russell T ^b  

^a PetroTel Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLUBILITY;

METHOD OF CHARACTERISTIC THEORY (MOC); MINIMUM MISCIBILITY ENRICHMENT (MME); MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE (MMP);

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 31144445002     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/77381-PA     Document Type: Article

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