Gas cycling and the development of miscibility in condensate reservoirs

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 334-341

  Jessen, Kristian ^a   Orr Jr , Franklin M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS OILS; MIXTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SOLUBILITY; VAPORIZATION;

CONDENSATE BANKS; CONDENSATE RECOVERY; CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; GAS CYCLING;

GAS CONDENSATES;

CONDENSATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MIXING; RECOVERY METHOD;

EID: 7744229296     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/84070-PA     Document Type: Article

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