Understanding anomalous phase behavior in unconventional oil reservoirs

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Canadian Unconventional Resources Conference 2012, CURC 2012

Volumn 1, Issue , 2012, Pages 168-177

  Du, Liangui ^a   Chu, Lifu ^a  

^a HESS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; COMPACTION; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RESOURCE VALUATION; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLE POINT PRESSURE; FORMATION PERMEABILITY; PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL; UNCONVENTIONAL OIL; UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIRS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

EID: 84875675676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/161830-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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