Wettability alteration to intermediate gas-wetting in gas-condensate reservoirs at high temperatures

SPE Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-407

  Fahes, Mashhad ^a,c   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^a,b,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Reservoir Engineering Research Institute

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS CONDENSATES; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NATURAL GAS FIELDS; WETTING;

GAS-CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; GAS-WETTING; LIQUID MOBILITY; WETTABILITY ALTERATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 38349184186     PISSN: 1086055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/96184-PA     Document Type: Article

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