The effect of fractures on the steam-assisted gravity drainage process

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1656-1664

  Bagci, Suat ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DRAINAGE; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEAM; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

FRACTURE DISTRIBUTION; OIL RECOVERY; STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE; STEAM OIL RATIO;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 10144244028     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef0301553     Document Type: Article

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