Understanding foamy oil mechanisms for heavy oil reservoirs during primary production

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 671-685

  Huerta, M ^a   Otero, C ^a   Rico, A ^a   Jimenez, I ^a   Mirabal, M De ^a   Rojas, G ^a  

^a Corpoven SA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; GASES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WELL PRESSURE;

BUBBLE PRESSURE; EFFECTIVE VISCOSITY; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; NATURAL DEPLETION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCED FLUIDS; PRODUCTION PROFILES; RESIDUAL OIL SATURATION;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

FOAMY OIL FLOW; GAS TRAPPING FACTOR; HEAVY OIL RESERVOIRS; OIL RECOVERY FACTOR;

EID: 0029728294     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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