A Simulation Study of Novel Thermal Recovery Methods in the Ugnu Tar Sand Reservoir, North Slope, Alaska

SPE Western Regional/AAPG Pacific Section Joint Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 279-286

  Sharma, Bakul C ^a   Khataniar, Santanu ^a   Patil, Shirish L ^a   Kamath, Vidyadhar A ^a   Dandekar, Abhijit Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRICITY; GRAVITATION; OIL FIELDS; OIL WELL DRILLING; OIL WELLS; RIVERS; SAND; TAR; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (EOR); STEAM ASSISTED GRAVITY DRAINAGE (SAGD);

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 1842418719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/76729-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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