Imaging of sand production in a horizontal sand pack by X-ray computed tomography

SPE Formation Evaluation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 94-98

  Tremblay, Bernard ^a   Sedgwick, George ^a   Forshner, Ken ^b  

^a SPE

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON RECOVERY; POROSITY; SAND PRODUCTION; WORMHOLE; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

FLOW RATE; HEAVY OIL RECOVERY; HORIZONTAL SAND PACK; SAND PRODUCTION; WORMHOLES;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE DROP; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SAND; WELL PERFORATION; X RAYS;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 0029666694     PISSN: 0885923X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/30248-PA     Document Type: Article

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