Experiments and analysis of heavy-oil solution-gas drive

SPE Reservoir Evaluation and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-229

  Sahni, Akshay ^a   Gadelle, Frederic ^a   Kumar, Mridul ^a   Tomutsa, Liviu ^b   Kovscek, A R ^c  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CRUDE PETROLEUM; PRESSURE REGULATION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; X RAYS;

FIELD PRESSURE GRADIENT; GAS PHASE; PHASE MOBILITY; WELLBORE;

GAS FUEL ANALYSIS;

GAS FLOW; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; HYDROCARBON TECHNOLOGY; MULTIPHASE FLOW;

EID: 3242754220     PISSN: 10946470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/88442-PA     Document Type: Article

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