Oil recovery from tarmat reservoirs using hot water and solvent flooding

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 33-40

  Okasha, T M ^a,b,c,d   Menouar, H K ^b,e   Abu Khamsin, S A ^b,f,g  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d ACS   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AIChE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

HOT WATER FLOODING; SOLVENT FLOODING; TARMAT RESERVOIRS;

THERMAL OIL RECOVERY;

EID: 0032046874     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/98-04-03     Document Type: Article

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