Capillary wicking in gas wells

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-437

  Mahadevan, Jagannathan ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^b   Yortsos, Yannis C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; OPTIMIZATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP;

CAPILLARY WICKING; GAS PRODUCTION; LIQUID-SATURATED POROUS MEDIA; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY; WELLBORE;

NATURAL GAS WELLS;

EID: 38349156392     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/103229-PA     Document Type: Article

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