Toward reservoir oil viscosity correlation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-68

  Hemmati Sarapardeh, Abdolhossein ^a   Khishvand, Mahdi ^b   Naseri, Ali ^c   Mohammadi, Amir H ^d,e  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE EN GÉNIE CHIMIQUE ET PÉTROLIER IRGCP   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Correlation; Crude oil; Prediction; PVT; Reservoir fluid; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRUDE OIL; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FORECASTING; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VISCOSITY;

DEAD OIL VISCOSITY; ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY; IRANIAN OIL RESERVOIRS; PRODUCTION FORECASTING; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; UNDER-SATURATED OIL; VISCOSITY PREDICTION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84872334559     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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