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

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 323-331

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

^a Petrotechnical Resources of Alaska   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GAS PERMEABILITY; GASES; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS WELL PRODUCTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SANDSTONE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING;

COMPOSITIONAL SIMULATIONS; FLUORINATED MATERIALS; GAS CONDENSATE RESERVOIRS; GAS RELATIVE PERMEABILITIES; GAS-CONDENSATE WELLS; INCREASE PRODUCTIONS; POLYMERIC SURFACTANT; PRODUCTIVITY OF GAS WELLS;

GAS CONDENSATES;

BRINE; DEW POINT; GAS CONDENSATE; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS WELL; OUTCROP; PERMEABILITY; RESERVOIR; SANDSTONE; SURFACTANT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 77952943394     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/116711-PA     Document Type: Article

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