Sand production caused by foamy oil flow

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-272

  Geilikman, M B ^a,b   Dusseault, M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Premier E and P Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Foamy flow; Gas exsolution; Heavy oil; Sand production; Tensile failure

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; NUCLEATION; PHASE INTERFACES; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; TENSILE STRESS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

GAS EXSOLUTION; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; SAND PRODUCTION; TENSILE FAILURE;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

FLUID FLOW; OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION; SAND PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032771557     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006532804609     Document Type: Article

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