Upgrading Athabasca tar sand using toe-to-heel air injection

SPE International Horizontal Well Technology Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 1-38

  Xia, T X ^a   Greaves, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air injection; Athabasca tar sand; CAPRI; Downhole upgrading; Heavy oil recovery; Horizontal wells; In situ combustion; THAI

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034425781     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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