Pressure pulsing at the reservoir scale: A new IOR approach

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 16-27

  Spanos, T ^a   Davidson, B ^b   Dusseault, M ^c   Shand, D ^d   Samaroo, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b E2 Solutions Inc

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d PRISM Inc

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CRUDE PETROLEUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

COLD HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION WITH SAND (CHOPS); LIQUID FLOW ENHANCEMENT; REPRENSENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME (REV); STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE (SAGD);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 10644281401     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/03-02-01     Document Type: Article

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