Full scale VAPEX process - Climate change advantage and economic consequences

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Luhning, R W ^a,h,i   Das, S K ^a,f   Fisher, L J ^b   Barker, J ^c,j   Grabowski, J ^d   Engleman, J R ^e,k   Wong, S ^e   Sullivan, L A ^f   Boyle, H A ^g  

^a Petroleum Recovery Institute   (Canada)

^b Canadian Energy Research Institute   (Canada)

^c Nordic Engineering

^d University of Calgary and Computer Modelling Group Ltd   (Canada)

^e SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

^f SUNCOR ENERGY INC   (Canada)

^g Gibson Petroleum Ltd   (United States)

^h Arkril Enterprises   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^j Acres International Limited   (Canada)

^k Data and Consult Services Division

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; VAPORIZATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; PETROLEUM RECOVERY INSTITUTE (PRI); VAPOR EXTRACTION;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 0037308134     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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