Petroleum Reservoir that reside in reservoirs with the original temperatures lying between the pseudo-critical temperature
T_{pc} and the Cricondentherm
T_{\rm max}.
Natural Gas Reservoir with initial formation temperature
T_i lying between the pseudo-critical temperature
T_{pc} and the Cricondentherm
T_{c, \rm max} and builds condensate at separator (inside Vapour Liquid Envelope, see Fig. 1).
Fig. 1. Production path of the Retrograde Gas Condensate Reservoir on the Phase Equilibrium Diagram |
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