Coupled reservoir/wormholes model for cold heavy oil production wells

Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 258-268

  Liu, X ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a   Jin, Y C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold production; Heavy oil; Well performance; Wormholes

Indexed keywords

COLD HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; WELL PERFORMANCE; WORMHOLES;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DROP;

HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELLS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PRESSURE DROP;

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; OIL PRODUCTION;

EID: 33344461274     PISSN: 09204105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.petrol.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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