Multiple mixing-cell method for MMP calculations

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 4943-4953

  Ahmadi, Kaveh ^a   Johns, Russell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CRUDE OIL; CYTOLOGY; DISPERSIONS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FLOODS; LIQUIDS; MIXING; SOLUBILITY;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CUBIC EQUATION OF STATE; DISPLACEMENT EFFICIENCY; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MINIMUM MISCIBILITY PRESSURE; NUMBER OF COMPONENTS; PRESSURE CALCULATION; VARIABLE NUMBER;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 58849153740     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/116823-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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