Combustion/oxidation behavior of Athabasca Oil Sands bitumen

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 565-572

  Moore, R Gordon ^a   Laureshen, C J ^a   Ursenbach, M G ^a   Mehta, S A ^a   Belgrave, J D M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; OIL SAND; OXIDATION; RECOVERY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033505037     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/59483-pa     Document Type: Article

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