A fractal wormhole model for cold heavy oil production

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 31-36

  Liu, X ^a,b   Zhao, G ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy Resources   (Canada)

^c SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering   (Australia)

^d CIM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RECOVERY; X RAYS;

COLD PRODUCTION PROCESS; DRAINAGE NETWORK; GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS; PHYSICAL PROCESSES;

CRUDE PETROLEUM;

EID: 27644576540     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/05-09-03     Document Type: Article

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