Phase behaviour studies for optimising hydrocarbon liquid production from the North West Shelf gas condensate fields

Summary

A new, non-invasive laser-based technique for measuring condensate density at high temperature and pressure has been established and sophisticated digital imaging techniques have been developed to measure interphase surface tension, which will be employed in reservoir fluid phase behaviour studies.

The PVT behaviour of fluid samples derived from the North Rankin reservoir was measured.

Keywords: oil, gas, condensate, phase behaviour, North West Shelf