A Study of Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage Performance in the Presence of Noncondensable Gases

Proceedings - SPE Symposium on Improved Oil Recovery

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 78-89

  Canbolat, Serhat ^a   Akin, Serhat ^a   Kovscek, Anthony R ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS INJECTION; VERTICAL WELLS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONDENSATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; DRAINAGE; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HORIZONTAL WELLS; KINEMATICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; POROUS MATERIALS; STAINLESS STEEL; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL INSULATION; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 1642435462     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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