Meander belt entrapment of hydrocarbons at Saddle Lake, Alberta and an untested in situ combustion scheme for recovery of heavy soil

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-274

  Edie, Ralph W ^a   Andrichuk, John M ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; HYDROCARBONS; LAKES; OIL WELLS; RIVERS; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SOILS;

GAS CAPS; HEAVY SOILS;

GEOLOGY;

CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEAVY OIL; HYDROCARBON ENTRAPMENT; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SADDLE LAKE;

EID: 1842659889     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.3.253     Document Type: Article

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