Variations of gas/condensate relative permeability with production rate at near-wellbore conditions: A general correlation

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 688-697

  Jamiolahmady, Mahmoud ^a   Danesh, Ali ^a   Tehrani, Dabir H ^a   Sohrabi, Mehran ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CORRELATION METHODS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ROCKS;

PETROPHYSICAL DATA; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR ROCKS; WELLBORE;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

BOREHOLES; CORRELATION METHODS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS;

GAS CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 33846374444     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/83960-pa     Document Type: Article

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