Coupled reservoir geomechanical simulations for the SAGD process

Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-40

  Li, Pingke ^a,b   Chalaturnyk, Rick J ^a   Tan, Thomas B ^c  

^a PETRO CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c TT and Associates Inc

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EID: 33644921004     PISSN: 00219487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2118/06-01-02     Document Type: Note

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