Behavior of depressurization in type III hydrate reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - Canadian Unconventional Resources and International Petroleum Conference 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 693-714

  Shahbazi, A ^a   Pooladi Darvish, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GASOLINE; HYDRATION; LOW PERMEABILITY RESERVOIRS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RESOURCE VALUATION;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; DEPRESSURIZATIONS; DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; GAS PRODUCTIONS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LOW PERMEABILITY; SIMILARITY SOLUTION; TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTION;

GAS HYDRATES;

EID: 79952971222     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/137047-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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