Representative reservoir fluid sampling: Challenges, issues, and solutions

International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1508-1518

  Lawrence, J J ^a   Chorneyko, D M ^a   Smith, C K ^a   Nagarajan, N R ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CRUDE OIL; GAS CONDENSATES; GAS OILS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CRITICAL STEPS; FLUID CHARACTERIZATION; FLUID CONTAMINATION; FLUID SAMPLING; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESERVOIR ROCK; SAMPLE QUALITY; SAMPLING METHOD;

RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650568301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/iptc-12401-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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