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

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 281-289

  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; FLUID DENSITIES; LOW GAS FLOW RATES; OIL FORMATION VOLUME FACTORS; PHASE EQUILIBRIUMS; SATURATION PRESSURE;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; OIL; RESERVOIR; SATURATION; TENSION;

EID: 84886540572     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/159258-PA     Document Type: Conference Paper

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