An important aspect for the exploitation of the gas condensate reservoirs is the knowledge of the maximum retrograde condensation, due to the volume of liquid that can be trapped if the pressure is reached where this phenomenon occurs because hardly reaches critical fluid saturation as so it can move toward wells. This work proposes a correlation that can be used to predict or validate this property, based on the relationship between the maximum retrograde condensation, the molecular weight (MW) of the original composition and its gas oil ratio. A real case analysis is presented which corrects the maximum retrograde condensation measured in the laboratory, reproducing the full curve of this property, without changing the thermodynamic conditions of the fluid. A conceptual numerical simulation model was built to quantify the behavior and effects if is not corrected the retrograde condensation property in a PVT study.
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