Performance of sand slurry pipelines in the oil sands industry

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 850-857

  Sanders, R Sean ^a   Schaan, Jason ^a   Hughes, Roxby ^b   Shook, Clifton ^c  

^a SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^b Endeco Research and Development   (Canada)

^c CA Shook Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Operating data; Pipeline transport; Sand slurries; Two layer model predictions

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DROP FORMATION; FRICTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OIL SAND SLURRIES; OIL SANDS INDUSTRY; SAND SLURRY PIPELINES; SASKATCHEWAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (SRC);

SLURRY PIPELINES;

WATER;

OIL SAND; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SLURRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODEL; DENSITY; OIL INDUSTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PIPELINE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SAND; VELOCITY;

EID: 11844277633     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450820427     Document Type: Article

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