Effect of capillary pressure on fluid density and phase behavior in tight rocks and shales

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages 1841-1856

  Nojabaei, B ^a   Johns, R T ^a   Chu, L ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; FLOW OF GASES; HYDROCARBONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHASE BEHAVIOR; PORE SIZE; PROVEN RESERVES; SHALE;

BUBBLE POINT PRESSURE; COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION; DEW POINT PRESSURES; LOW GAS FLOW RATES; PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS; RESERVE CALCULATION; RESERVOIR FLUID; SATURATION PRESSURE;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 84874096050     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/159258-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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