A new solution to restore productivity of gas wells with condensate and water blocks

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 4569-4582

  Bang, Vishal ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a   Sharma, Mukul M ^a   Baran Jr , Jimmie R ^b   Ahmadi, Mohabbat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL SOLVENTS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; DEW POINTS; DOWNHOLE; FLUORINATED MATERIALS; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; GAS RESERVOIRS; HYDROCARBON FLUIDS; LIQUID BLOCKING; NEW APPROACHES; NEW SOLUTIONS; NON IONICS; POLYMERIC SURFACTANTS; PRODUCTION WELLS; PRODUCTIVITY LOSS; PRODUCTIVITY OF GAS WELLS; REACTIVE MATERIALS; RESERVOIR CONDITIONS; RESERVOIR CORES; ROCK SURFACES; TREATMENT PROCESS; WATER ACCUMULATIONS; WATER BLOCKS; WATER-BLOCKING; WETTABILITY INDICES;

CAPILLARITY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; GLYCOLS; HYDROCARBONS; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; NATURAL GAS WELLS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SANDSTONE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLIDS; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WELLS;

GAS CONDENSATES;

EID: 58849127053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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