Issues with reservoir geomechanical simulations of the SAGD process

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 30-40

  Li, Pingke ^a   Chalaturnyk, Rick J ^a   Polikar, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM ENGINEERING; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL EXPANSION;

RESERVOIR MODELING; STEAM CHAMBERS; STEAM INJECTION;

STEAM;

EID: 2942534480     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/04-05-02     Document Type: Conference Paper

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