Determination of gas-diffusion and interface-mass-transfer coefficients for quiescent reservoir liquids

SPE Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Civan, Faruk ^a,b   Rasmussen, Maurice L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION MODEL; GAS-DIFFUSION; INTERFACE-MASS-TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; PRESSURE DECLINE; QUIESCENT RESERVOIR LIQUIDS; TRANSIENT-STATE EQUILIBRIUM;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 33645829266     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84072-PA     Document Type: Article

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