Measurement and EOS modeling of large compositional gradients in heavy oils

SPWLA 53rd Annual Logging Symposium 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pastor, Wilson ^a   Garcia, German ^b   Zuo, Julian Y ^b   Hulme, Richard ^b   Goddyn, Xavier ^b   Mullins, Oliver C ^b  

^a Minister of Non Renewable Resources   (Ecuador)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALTENES; CRUDE OIL; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GAS OILS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; VISCOSITY; WELL STIMULATION;

ASPHALTENE GRADIENTS; COMPOSITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; FORMATION EVALUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR); PREDICTIVE EQUATION OF STATE; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; VISCOSITY GRADIENT;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 84945291920     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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