Equation of State Applications in Upstream Engineering

Tuesday, April 3, 2012: 1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom G (Hilton of the Americas)

Description:
This session focuses on applications of equations of state in upstream engineering. Examples include reservoir PVT and phase behavior, predicted stability of asphaltenes, gas/liquid ratios, etc.


Sponsor:
Flow Assurance


Chair:
Walter G. Chapman
Email: wgchap@rice.edu

Co-Chair:
Norman Carnahan
Email: carnahan@ccteq.com

- indicates paper has an Extended Abstract file available on CD.



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2:00 PM
(88b) Volume-Translated Cubic Eos and PC-SAFT Density Models and a Free Volume-Based Viscosity Model for Hydrocarbons At Extreme Temperature and Pressure Conditions
Mark A. McHugh, Babatunde Bamgbade, Yue Wu, Ward A. Burgess, Deepak Tapriyal, Bryan Morreale, Yee Soong, Hseen Baled and Robert M. Enick

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2:30 PM
(88c) SAFT Model for Upstream Applications
Walter G. Chapman, Sai R. Panuganti, Francisco M. Vargas and Doris L. Gonzalez


3:00 PM

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3:30 PM
(88d) Prediction of Gas Injection Effect on Asphaltenes Precipitation Using Different Thermodynamic Models
Doris L. Gonzalez, Frank Lim, Nikhil Joshi, Wilson A. Caņas-Marin and Raul Osorio


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4:30 PM
(88f) Integrated Equation of State Modelling for Flow Assurance
Richard Szczepanski, Nuno Pedrosa and Xiaohong Zhang