The impact of reservoir fluid compositional variation and its origin on flow assurance evaluation

Proceedings of the Annual Offshore Technology Conference

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 571-579

  Mullins, Oliver C ^a   Freed, Denise E ^a   Zuo, Julian Y ^a   Elshahawi, Hani ^b  

^a SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^b Shell Intl EandP Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; OFFSHORE TECHNOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; DOWNHOLE FLUID ANALYSIS; EQUATION OF STATE; INTERFACIAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH GROUPS; RESERVOIR FLUID; SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES; THIRD GENERATION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 79955844213     PISSN: 01603663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/20464-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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