Important modeling parameters for predicting steamflood performance

Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3675-3681

  Satik, Cengiz ^a   Kumar, Mridul ^a   Defrancisco, Sam ^a   Hoang, Viet ^a   Basham, Mike ^a  

^a ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FLUID MECHANICS; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SIMULATORS;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; INJECTION PRESSURES; STEAMFLOOD MODELS; THERMAL RESERVOIR SIMULATION;

PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS;

EID: 22044448334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2118/90713-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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