A Study of Flow Tortuosity in Locked Oil Sand

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-40

  Wong, Ron C K ^a   Ko, Linda G ^a   Movassagh, Ramis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

FLOW RATES; FLOW TORTUOSITY;

OIL SANDS;

EID: 1542399140     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/04-01-03     Document Type: Article

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