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Biography |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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1 Oil and Gas Properties and Correlations |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (43) |
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2 | (12) |
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14 | (1) |
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1.2.3 Oil Compressibility |
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14 | (3) |
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1.2.4 Oil Bubble Point Pressure |
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17 | (3) |
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1.2.5 Solution Gas Oil Ratio |
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20 | (4) |
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1.2.6 Oil Formation Volume Factor |
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24 | (7) |
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31 | (14) |
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45 | (12) |
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45 | (4) |
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1.3.2 Gas Compressibility |
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49 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Gas Formation Volume Factor |
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50 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Total Formation Volume Factor |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (5) |
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57 | (8) |
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57 | (2) |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (3) |
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65 | (52) |
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65 | (1) |
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2.2 Cubic Equation of State (EOS) |
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66 | (17) |
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83 | (16) |
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2.4 Corresponding State Correlations |
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99 | (8) |
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107 | (10) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (4) |
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3 Plus Fraction Characterization |
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117 | (72) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (10) |
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3.2.1 True Boiling Point Distillation Method |
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118 | (5) |
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123 | (5) |
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128 | (28) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (3) |
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3.3.3 Gamma Distribution Method |
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140 | (16) |
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3.4 Properties Estimation |
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156 | (23) |
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3.4.1 Watson Characterization Factor Estimation |
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156 | (1) |
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3.4.2 Boiling Point Estimation |
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157 | (1) |
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3.4.3 Critical Properties and Acentric Factor Estimation |
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158 | (7) |
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3.4.4 Molecular Weight Estimation |
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165 | (2) |
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3.4.5 Specific Gravity Estimation |
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167 | (12) |
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3.5 Recommended Plus Fraction Characterization Procedure |
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179 | (10) |
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183 | (3) |
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186 | (3) |
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4 Tuning Equations of State |
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189 | (60) |
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4.1 Matching the Saturation Pressure Using the Extended Groups |
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190 | (17) |
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207 | (13) |
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208 | (1) |
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4.2.2 Pedersen et al. Method (Equal Weight Method) |
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209 | (5) |
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4.2.3 The Cotterman and Prausnitz Method (Equal Mole Method) |
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214 | (2) |
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4.2.4 Danesh et al. Method |
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216 | (3) |
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4.2.5 The Aguilar and McCain Method |
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219 | (1) |
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4.3 Composition Retrieval |
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220 | (4) |
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4.4 Assigning Properties to Multiple Carbon Number |
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224 | (7) |
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4.5 Matching the Saturation Pressure Using the Grouped Composition |
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231 | (11) |
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242 | (7) |
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244 | (2) |
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246 | (3) |
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5 Vapor---Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Calculations |
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249 | (44) |
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5.1 An Introduction to Equilibrium |
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249 | (5) |
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254 | (1) |
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5.3 Methods of Finding K-Value |
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255 | (7) |
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255 | (3) |
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5.3.2 Fugacity-Derived Equilibrium Ratio (φ--φ Approach) |
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258 | (1) |
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5.3.3 Activity-Derived Equilibrium Ratios (γ--φ Approach) |
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258 | (1) |
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5.3.4 Correlations for Finding Equilibrium Ratio |
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259 | (3) |
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5.4 Bubble and Dew-point Calculations |
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262 | (12) |
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5.5 A Discussion on the Stability |
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274 | (9) |
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5.6 Multiphase Flash Calculations |
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283 | (2) |
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5.7 Calculation of Saturation Pressures With Stability Analysis |
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285 | (4) |
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289 | (4) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (3) |
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293 | (40) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (4) |
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6.2.1 Subsurface Sampling |
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295 | (4) |
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299 | (10) |
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299 | (2) |
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301 | (2) |
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303 | (2) |
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305 | (4) |
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309 | (12) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (2) |
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6.4.4 Constant Composition Test |
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314 | (2) |
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6.4.5 Constant Volume Depletion |
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316 | (3) |
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6.4.6 Differential Liberation Test |
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319 | (2) |
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321 | (12) |
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326 | (5) |
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331 | (2) |
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7 Retrograde Gas Condensate |
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333 | (72) |
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333 | (2) |
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7.2 Gas-Condensate Flow Regions |
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335 | (2) |
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7.2.1 Condensate Blockage |
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336 | (1) |
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7.2.2 Composition Change and Hydrocarbon Recovery |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (13) |
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7.3.1 Van der Waals's Equation of State |
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338 | (2) |
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7.3.2 Soave---Redlich---Kwong Equation of State |
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340 | (1) |
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7.3.3 The Soave---Redlich---Kwong---Square Well Equation of State |
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341 | (1) |
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7.3.4 Peng---Robinson Equation of State |
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342 | (1) |
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7.3.5 Peng---Robinson---Gasem Equation of State |
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343 | (1) |
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7.3.6 Nasrifar and Moshfeghian (NM) Equation of State |
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344 | (2) |
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7.3.7 Schmidt and Wenzel Equation of State |
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346 | (1) |
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7.3.8 The Patel---Teja Equation of State and Modifications |
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347 | (1) |
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7.3.9 Mohsen---Nia---Modarress---Mansoori Equation of State |
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348 | (1) |
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7.3.10 Adachi---Lu---Sugie Equation of State |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (53) |
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352 | (8) |
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360 | (12) |
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372 | (4) |
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7.6.4 Formation Volume Factor |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (5) |
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381 | (11) |
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392 | (7) |
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399 | (6) |
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405 | (40) |
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405 | (1) |
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8.2 Types and Properties of Hydrates |
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405 | (2) |
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8.3 Thermodynamic Conditions for Hydrate Formation |
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407 | (22) |
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8.3.1 Calculating Hydrate Formation Condition |
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408 | (21) |
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429 | (1) |
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430 | (15) |
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8.5.1 Calculating the Amount of Hydrate Inhibitors |
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431 | (4) |
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8.5.2 Calculating Inhibitor Loss in Hydrocarbon Phase |
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435 | (3) |
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8.5.3 Inhibitor Injection Rates |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (3) |
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441 | (4) |
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9 Characterization of Shale Gas |
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445 | (38) |
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445 | (2) |
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9.2 Shale Gas Reservoir Characteristics |
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447 | (1) |
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9.3 Basic Science Behind Confinement |
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448 | (13) |
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9.3.1 Impact of Confinement on Critical Properties |
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450 | (5) |
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9.3.2 Diffusion Effect Due to Confinement |
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455 | (1) |
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456 | (1) |
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9.3.4 Adsorption Phenomenon in Shale Reservoirs |
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457 | (4) |
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9.4 Effect of Confinement on Phase Envelope |
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461 | (22) |
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474 | (4) |
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478 | (5) |
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10 Characterization of Shale Oil |
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483 | (38) |
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483 | (4) |
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10.2 Types of Fluids in Shale Reservoirs and Genesis of Liquid in Shale Pores |
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487 | (2) |
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10.3 Shale Pore Structure and Heterogeneity |
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489 | (2) |
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10.4 Shale Oil Extraction |
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491 | (3) |
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491 | (1) |
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10.4.2 Processing Principles |
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492 | (1) |
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10.4.3 Extraction Technologies |
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493 | (1) |
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10.5 Including Confinement in Thermodynamics |
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494 | (27) |
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10.5.1 Classical Thermodynamics |
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494 | (6) |
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10.5.2 Modification of Flash to Incorporate Capillary Pressure ir Tight Pores |
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500 | (2) |
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10.5.3 Stability Test Using Gibbs Free Energy Approach |
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502 | (2) |
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10.5.4 Impact of Critical Property Shifts Due to Confinement on Hydrocarbon Production |
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504 | (8) |
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512 | (4) |
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516 | (5) |
Index |
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