Reservoir initialization in two-phase hydrocarbon reservoirs from well PVT data

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1547-1561

  Nasrabadi, H ^a   Firoozabadi, A ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RERI   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; HYDROCARBONS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL CONVECTION; NATURAL GAS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIRS; OIL COLUMN; PRESSURE DIFFUSION; RESERVOIR INITIALIZATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33644795789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/95804-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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