Tabla de Contenidos: “…8.3.1.1.7 Bahadori and Vuthaluru (2009) -- 8.3.1.2 Equation of States -- 8.3.1.2.1 The Cubic-Plus-Association Equation of State -- 8.3.1.2.2 Peng-Robinson Equation of State -- 8.3.1.2.3 Perturbed Chain-Statistical Associating Fluid Theory -- 8.3.1.2.3.1 Mathematical Formulation of PC-SAFT -- 8.3.1.2.3.1.1 Hard-chain Reference Fluid -- 8.3.1.2.3.1.2 Dispersion Interactions -- 8.3.1.2.3.1.3 Association Interactions -- 8.3.1.3 Iterative Method (K-value Method) -- 8.4 HYDRATE DEPOSITION -- 8.5 HYDRATE INHIBITIONS -- 8.5.1 Calculating the Amount of Hydrate Inhibitors -- 8.5.1.1 The Hammerschmidt Method -- 8.5.1.2 The Nielsen-Bucklin Method -- 8.5.1.3 McCain Method -- 8.5.1.4 Østergaard et al. (2005) -- 8.5.2 Calculating Inhibitor Loss in Hydrocarbon Phase -- 8.5.3 Inhibitor Injection Rates -- Problems -- REFERENCES -- Nine - Characterization of Shale Gas -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 SHALE GAS RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS -- 9.3 BASIC SCIENCE BEHIND CONFINEMENT -- 9.3.1 Impact of Confinement on Critical Properties -- 9.3.2 Diffusion Effect Due to Confinement -- 9.3.3 Capillary Pressure -- 9.3.4 Adsorption Phenomenon in Shale Reservoirs -- 9.4 EFFECT OF CONFINEMENT ON PHASE ENVELOPE -- Problems -- REFERENCES -- Ten - Characterization of Shale Oil -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 TYPES OF FLUIDS IN SHALE RESERVOIRS AND GENESIS OF LIQUID IN SHALE PORES -- 10.3 SHALE PORE STRUCTURE AND HETEROGENEITY -- 10.4 SHALE OIL EXTRACTION -- 10.4.1 History -- 10.4.2 Processing Principles -- 10.4.3 Extraction Technologies -- 10.5 INCLUDING CONFINEMENT IN THERMODYNAMICS -- 10.5.1 Classical Thermodynamics -- 10.5.1.1 Equation of State -- 10.5.1.2 Condition of Equilibrium -- 10.5.1.3 Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium/Flash Computation -- 10.5.2 Modification of Flash to Incorporate Capillary Pressure in Tight Pores -- 10.5.3 Stability Test Using Gibbs Free Energy Approach…”